diff --git a/leveldown.js b/leveldown.js
index 4452190b..efb31f62 100644
--- a/leveldown.js
+++ b/leveldown.js
@@ -13,7 +13,19 @@ function LevelDOWN (location) {
     throw new Error('constructor requires a location string argument')
   }
 
-  AbstractLevelDOWN.call(this)
+  AbstractLevelDOWN.call(this, {
+    bufferKeys: true,
+    snapshots: true,
+    permanence: true,
+    seek: true,
+    clear: true,
+    createIfMissing: true,
+    errorIfExists: true,
+    additionalMethods: {
+      approximateSize: true,
+      compactRange: true
+    }
+  })
 
   this.location = location
   this.context = binding.db_init()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed541ea2..86ff155a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "prebuild-centos7": "IMAGE=centos7-devtoolset7 ./scripts/cross-compile"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "abstract-leveldown": "~6.1.1",
+    "abstract-leveldown": "~6.2.1",
     "napi-macros": "~2.0.0",
     "node-gyp-build": "~4.1.0"
   },