diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 759547b2..dc45ee50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "libp2p-crypto": "^0.17.1",
     "libp2p-interfaces": "^0.1.5",
     "mafmt": "^7.0.0",
-    "merge-options": "^1.0.1",
+    "merge-options": "^2.0.0",
     "moving-average": "^1.0.0",
     "multiaddr": "^7.2.1",
     "multistream-select": "^0.15.0",
diff --git a/src/connection-manager/index.js b/src/connection-manager/index.js
index 1d01a756..15f630f2 100644
--- a/src/connection-manager/index.js
+++ b/src/connection-manager/index.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class ConnectionManager {
     this._libp2p = libp2p
     this._registrar = libp2p.registrar
     this._peerId = libp2p.peerInfo.id.toString()
-    this._options = mergeOptions(defaultOptions, options)
+    this._options = mergeOptions.call({ ignoreUndefined: true }, defaultOptions, options)
     assert(
       this._options.maxConnections > this._options.minConnections,
       'Connection Manager maxConnections must be greater than minConnections'