diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34404b07..36acfc36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "cross-zip-cli": "^1.0.0",
     "dependency-check": "^3.4.1",
-    "hypercore": "^6.25.2",
+    "hypercore": "^9.0.1",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.4",
     "pkg": "^4.4.4",
     "random-access-memory": "^3.1.1",