diff --git a/examples/persistence/package.json b/examples/persistence/package.json
index 9e62215..fd95057 100644
--- a/examples/persistence/package.json
+++ b/examples/persistence/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
   "author": "Mark Stanley Everitt",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "ioredis": "2.0.0"
+    "ioredis": "2.5.0"
   }
 }