diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1195eff..9600e16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "@hapi/boom": "^7.4.2",
     "@hapi/joi": "^15.1.0",
     "async-iterator-last": "^1.0.0",
-    "cids": "~0.7.1",
+    "cids": "~0.8.3",
     "debug": "^4.1.0",
     "err-code": "^2.0.0",
     "hamt-sharding": "~0.0.2",