diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4cb43f..cc86eab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipns v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-mfs v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-namesys v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d2a9b47..e9021d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -618,8 +618,9 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.0.6/go.mod h1:QYPdnlvkOg7GnQRofu9XZimC5ZW5Wi3bKy
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.2.3/go.mod h1:SQiXrtSts3KGNmgOzMICy5c0POOpUNQLvB3ClKnBAlk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.3.2/go.mod h1:fvkZNNZixVW6cKSZ/JfLlON5OlgTXNdRLz0p6QG/I2M=
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.5.1/go.mod h1:cLMZXx8J08idkp5+id62iVftUQV+HlYJ3PIhDfZsjA4=
-github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.6.0 h1:oV5WT2321tS4YQVOPgIrWHvJ0lJobRTerU+i9nmUCuA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.6.0/go.mod h1:9HSEwRd5sV+lbykiYP+2NC/3o6MZbKNaa4hfNcH5iH0=
+github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.8.1 h1:N3yrqSre/ffvdwtHL4MXy0n7XH+VzN8DlzDrJySPa94=
+github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.8.1/go.mod h1:uYUlWE34GhbcTjGuUDEcdPzsEtOdnOupL64NgSRjmWI=
 github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1 h1:j+cpbjYvu4R8zbleSs36gvB7jR+wsL2fGD6n0jO4kdg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1/go.mod h1:6s6euYU4zowdslK0GKHmqaIZ3j/b/tL7HTWtJ4VPgWY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-mfs v0.2.1 h1:5jz8+ukAg/z6jTkollzxGzhkl3yxm022Za9f2nL5ab8=