diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index df1ca652a..6e2402c7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.2
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.1
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.9.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.3.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-net v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c635931c9..14f53f88f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.3 h1:8tAs/hSdNvUiLgtlSy3mxwxWP4I9y/jlkPFT
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.3/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.1 h1:XS+Goh+QegCDojUZp00CaPMfiEADCrLjNZskWE7pvqs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.1/go.mod h1:FfewUH/YpvWbEB+ZY9AQRQ4TAD8sJBt/G1rVvhz5XT8=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.9.0/go.mod h1:ESsbz31oC3C1AvMJoGx26RTuCkNhmkSRCqZ0kQtJ2/8=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.6/go.mod h1:4ecVB6d9f4BDSL5fqvPiC4A3KivjWn+Venn/1ALLMWA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.7 h1:eCAzdLejcNVBzP/iZM9vqHnQm+XyCEbSSIheIPRGNsw=
 github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.7/go.mod h1:unDrJpgy3oFr+rqXsarWifmJuNnJR4chtO1HmaZjggc=