diff --git a/examples/using-mongodb/package.json b/examples/using-mongodb/package.json
index a9e22590316c..661965b50a2f 100644
--- a/examples/using-mongodb/package.json
+++ b/examples/using-mongodb/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Gatsby example site using gatsby-source-mongodb",
   "author": "jhermans85@hotmail.com",
   "dependencies": {
-    "gatsby": "^2.0.0",
+    "gatsby": "^3.5.0",
     "gatsby-plugin-react-helmet": "^3.0.0",
     "gatsby-source-mongodb": "^2.0.5",
     "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.1.1",