diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f30d8b217e9..9f220d4ffc9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.6
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery v0.4.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-http v0.1.5
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.1.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ef94f4f697..c25ecb2cd68 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-interface-connmgr v0.0.5/go.mod h1:GarlRLH0LdeWcLnYM
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-interface-pnet v0.0.1/go.mod h1:el9jHpQAXK5dnTpKA4yfCNBZXvrzdOU75zz+C6ryp3k=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.0 h1:vfqDTa/dUlNVlK3nL1b9pTMV9/hhIr4sDjUVk0VEtFQ=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.0/go.mod h1:u3rbYbp3CSraAHD5s81CJ3hHozKTud/UOXfAgh93Gek=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.1 h1:PS/mgLSzFqH5lS3PnnxcqsIrHy+qbQ5GkhzcrT12LyA=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.8.1/go.mod h1:u3rbYbp3CSraAHD5s81CJ3hHozKTud/UOXfAgh93Gek=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.2 h1:wg+VPpCtY61bCasGRexCuXOmEmdKjN+k1w+JtTwu9gA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.2/go.mod h1:7sCeZx2GkNK1S6lQnGUW5JYZCFPnXzAZCCBBS70lytY=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.0.1/go.mod h1:lDipDlBNYbpyqyPX/KcoO+eq0sJYEVR2JgOexcivchg=