diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a655992d..7d6fda06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "hashlru": "^2.3.0",
     "interface-datastore": "^4.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^6.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^7.0.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
     "it-buffer": "^0.1.2",
     "it-drain": "^1.0.3",