diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5eb37c57..46be8227 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,3 +117,9 @@ members = [
 
 [patch.'https://github.com/fluencelabs/rust-libp2p']
 libp2p-core = { path = "core", version = "0.16.0" }
+
+# NOTE: this is required because trust-graph depends on libp2p-core = 0.16.0,
+#       and patches it to git only in patch section, which apparently isn't
+#       visible via dependency mechanics (i.e., not visible HERE)
+[patch.crates-io]
+libp2p-core = { path = "core", version = "0.16.0" }