diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
index 0d018c9588f..40ac0917797 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "ipfs-${version}";
-  version = "0.4.4";
-  rev = "d905d485192616abaea25f7e721062a9e1093ab9";
+  version = "0.4.5";
+  rev = "2cb68b2210ba883bcd38a429ed62b7f832f8c064";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs";
 
   extraSrcPaths = [
     (fetchgx {
       inherit name src;
-      sha256 = "0mm1rs2mbs3rmxfcji5yal9ai3v1w75kk05bfyhgzmcjvi6lwpyb";
+      sha256 = "0lq4najagdcga0zfprccprjy94nq46ja2gajij2pycag0wcc538d";
     })
   ];
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "ipfs";
     repo = "go-ipfs";
     inherit rev;
-    sha256 = "06iq7fmq7p0854aqrnmd0f0jvnxy9958wvw7ibn754fdfii9l84l";
+    sha256 = "087478rdj9cfl8hfrhrbb8rdlh7b1ixdj127vvkgn2k3mlz6af47";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 36ccc57b545..b4ad21ffb5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7733,15 +7733,16 @@ in {
 
   ipfsapi = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "ipfsapi-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.0";
+    version = "0.4.5-pre";
     disabled = isPy26 || isPy27;
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/ipfsapi/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0mqqsihannxzaqi8zcj9nca7fxwg1c85bp7xxic3xqa5zslcdcc3";
+    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "ipfs";
+      repo = "py-ipfs-api";
+      rev = "bcce00e4a9b674d062729d82bd49a9ffbf76486f";
+      sha256 = "0cdmzpk5wvi6fyfmmn96vynqkb1p59wjqjdijhm1ixf7bfl9r126";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.pandoc ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six requests2 ];
 
     meta = {