diff --git a/examples/firehose/Cargo.toml b/examples/firehose/Cargo.toml
index 70bab61d..b51f470f 100644
--- a/examples/firehose/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/firehose/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.80"
-atrium-api = { version = "0.18.1", features = ["dag-cbor"] }
+atrium-api = { version = "0.24.8" }
 chrono = "0.4.34"
+cid_old = { package = "cid", version = "0.10.1" }
+cid = { package = "cid", version = "0.11.1" }
 futures = "0.3.30"
 ipld-core = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 rs-car = "0.4.1"
-serde_ipld_dagcbor = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+serde_ipld_dagcbor = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false, features = [
+    "std",
+] }
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["native-tls"] }
 trait-variant = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/examples/firehose/src/cid_compat.rs b/examples/firehose/src/cid_compat.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e1be3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/firehose/src/cid_compat.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use cid::{multihash::Multihash, Cid};
+
+pub struct CidOld(cid_old::Cid);
+
+impl From<cid_old::Cid> for CidOld {
+    fn from(value: cid_old::Cid) -> Self {
+        Self(value)
+    }
+}
+impl TryFrom<CidOld> for Cid {
+    type Error = cid::Error;
+    fn try_from(value: CidOld) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let version = match value.0.version() {
+            cid_old::Version::V0 => cid::Version::V0,
+            cid_old::Version::V1 => cid::Version::V1,
+        };
+
+        let codec = value.0.codec();
+        let hash = value.0.hash();
+        let hash = Multihash::from_bytes(&hash.to_bytes())?;
+
+        Self::new(version, codec, hash)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/firehose/src/lib.rs b/examples/firehose/src/lib.rs
index b4e04262..420c55d2 100644
--- a/examples/firehose/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/firehose/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pub mod cid_compat;
 pub mod stream;
 pub mod subscription;
diff --git a/examples/firehose/src/main.rs b/examples/firehose/src/main.rs
index e70a237e..558c8d34 100644
--- a/examples/firehose/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/firehose/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use atrium_api::app::bsky::feed::post::Record;
 use atrium_api::com::atproto::sync::subscribe_repos::{Commit, NSID};
 use atrium_api::types::{CidLink, Collection};
 use chrono::Local;
+use firehose::cid_compat::CidOld;
 use firehose::stream::frames::Frame;
 use firehose::subscription::{CommitHandler, Subscription};
 use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -54,7 +55,12 @@ impl CommitHandler for Firehose {
                 continue;
             }
             let (items, _) = rs_car::car_read_all(&mut commit.blocks.as_slice(), true).await?;
-            if let Some((_, item)) = items.iter().find(|(cid, _)| Some(CidLink(*cid)) == op.cid) {
+            if let Some((_, item)) = items.iter().find(|(cid, _)| {
+                //
+                // convert cid from v0.10.1 to v0.11.1
+                let cid = CidOld::from(*cid).try_into().expect("couldn't convert old to new cid");
+                Some(CidLink(cid)) == op.cid
+            }) {
                 let record = serde_ipld_dagcbor::from_reader::<Record, _>(&mut item.as_slice())?;
                 println!(
                     "{} - {}",
@@ -78,8 +84,5 @@ impl CommitHandler for Firehose {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    RepoSubscription::new("bsky.network")
-        .await?
-        .run(Firehose)
-        .await
+    RepoSubscription::new("bsky.network").await?.run(Firehose).await
 }