diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e44a955..f0a3903 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "interface-store": "^0.0.2",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^7.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^8.1.0",
     "iso-random-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.2",
     "it-drain": "^1.0.1",