diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 421be13..543e6a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "util": "^0.12.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "multiaddr": "^8.0.0"
+    "multiaddr": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "contributors": [
     "David Dias <daviddias.p@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index b2a6c49..15e8cc8 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ exports.IPFS = P2P
 
 function makeMatchesFunction (partialMatch) {
   return function matches (a) {
-    if (!multiaddr.isMultiaddr(a)) {
+    if (!multiaddr.Multiaddr.isMultiaddr(a)) {
       try {
-        a = multiaddr(a)
+        a = new multiaddr.Multiaddr(a)
       } catch (err) { // catch error
         return false // also if it's invalid it's propably not matching as well so return false
       }
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function base (n) {
   function matches (a) {
     if (typeof a === 'string') {
       try {
-        a = multiaddr(a)
+        a = new multiaddr.Multiaddr(a)
       } catch (err) { // catch error
         return false // also if it's invalid it's propably not matching as well so return false
       }
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index 7a1e9e6..e38d5d8 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ describe('multiaddr validation', function () {
       test.forEach(function (testcase) {
         try {
           expect(p.matches(testcase), `assertMatches: ${testcase} (string)`).to.be.eql(true)
-          const ma = multiaddr(testcase)
+          const ma = new multiaddr.Multiaddr(testcase)
           expect(p.matches(ma), `assertMatches: ${testcase} (multiaddr object)`).to.be.eql(true)
           expect(p.matches(ma.bytes), `assertMatches: ${testcase} (multiaddr.bytes)`).to.be.eql(true)
         } catch (err) {
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ describe('multiaddr validation', function () {
           try {
             // if testcase string happens to be a valid multiaddr,
             // we expect 'p' test to also return false for Multiaddr object and Uint8Array versions
-            validMultiaddrObj = multiaddr(testcase)
+            validMultiaddrObj = new multiaddr.Multiaddr(testcase)
           } catch (e) {
             // Ignoring testcase as the string is not a multiaddr
             // (There is a separate 'Uint8Array is invalid' test later below)