diff --git a/examples/using-excel/package.json b/examples/using-excel/package.json
index 7b1fb812f59c6..451b91a908440 100644
--- a/examples/using-excel/package.json
+++ b/examples/using-excel/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "gatsby": "^2.0.0",
     "gatsby-source-filesystem": "^2.0.1",
-    "gatsby-transformer-excel": "^2.1.1",
+    "gatsby-transformer-excel": "^3.8.0",
     "react": "^16.4.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.4.0"
   },