diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ebbffb98..94367213e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "explain-error": "^1.0.4",
     "form-data": "^3.0.0",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.8.1",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^0.4.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^0.5.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "~0.15.0",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "^0.18.1",
     "ipld-raw": "^4.0.0",