diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index affff2aa55..8d78e3c1ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.16",
     "ipfs-unixfs-exporter": "^0.38.0",
     "ipfs-unixfs-importer": "^0.42.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "~0.4.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "~0.6.0",
     "ipld": "~0.25.0",
     "ipld-bitcoin": "~0.3.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "~0.15.0",