diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00ce13e516..cca64e6917 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "form-data": "^2.3.2",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
     "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.75.1",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.39.0",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.39.1",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "nexpect": "~0.5.0",
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "ipfs-block": "~0.7.1",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.14.0",
     "ipfs-http-response": "~0.1.2",
-    "ipfs-mfs": "~0.2.3",
+    "ipfs-mfs": "~0.2.5",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",
     "ipfs-repo": "~0.22.1",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.15",
diff --git a/test/core/bitswap.spec.js b/test/core/bitswap.spec.js
index 645581f2c1..ebadb2b99b 100644
--- a/test/core/bitswap.spec.js
+++ b/test/core/bitswap.spec.js
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ const IPFSFactory = require('ipfsd-ctl')
 
 const IPFS = require('../../src/core')
 
-// TODO bitswap tests on windows is failing, missing proper shutdown of daemon
-// https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/pull/205
-const isWindows = require('../utils/platforms').isWindows
-const skipOnWindows = isWindows() ? describe.skip : describe
-
 function makeBlock (callback) {
   const d = Buffer.from(`IPFS is awesome ${Math.random()}`)
 
@@ -89,7 +84,7 @@ function addNode (fDaemon, inProcNode, callback) {
   })
 }
 
-skipOnWindows('bitswap', function () {
+describe('bitswap', function () {
   this.timeout(80 * 1000)
 
   let inProcNode // Node spawned inside this process