diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3cd8a6..1c7ef54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "libp2p-ipfs-nodejs": "~0.26.0",
-    "peer-id": "~0.8.7",
+    "peer-id": "~0.16.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
     "pull-goodbye": "0.0.2",
     "pull-serializer": "^0.3.2",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "mafmt": "^2.1.8",
     "multiaddr": "^2.3.0",
     "peer-book": "~0.4.0",
-    "peer-id": "~0.8.7",
+    "peer-id": "~0.16.0",
     "peer-info": "~0.9.2"
   },
   "contributors": [