diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
index 28d4ec5efa..63cce7c532 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "form-data": "^4.0.0",
     "ipfs-core-types": "^0.7.0",
-    "ipfs-core-utils": "^0.10.0",
+    "ipfs-core-utils": "^0.16.0",
     "ipfs-utils": "^8.1.4",
     "it-first": "^1.0.6",
     "it-last": "^1.0.4",