diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f007163ab..ee1af2a4a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.3
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4
 	github.com/libp2p/go-eventbus v0.1.0
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.4.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 04e044360..1c92bc43a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.7.4 h1:xVj1oSlN0C+FlxqiLuHC8WruMvq24xxfeVxmNhTG0r
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.7.4/go.mod h1:oXsBlTLF1q7pxr+9w6lqzS1ILpyHsaBPniVO7zIHGMw=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.0 h1:8t8kAJM+o4rR91bfwbgbtykbdqPJv819+CTSPkXDT1A=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QRNH9pwdbEBpx5DTJYg+qxcVaDMAz3Ee/qDKwXujH5o=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.1 h1:6AK178W4GmfGxV+L51bd54/fSWEjNR+S0DO0odk/CwI=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.8.1/go.mod h1:QRNH9pwdbEBpx5DTJYg+qxcVaDMAz3Ee/qDKwXujH5o=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-autonat v0.1.1 h1:WLBZcIRsjZlWdAZj9CiBSvU2wQXoUOiS1Zk1tM7DTJI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-autonat v0.1.1/go.mod h1:OXqkeGOY2xJVWKAGV2inNF5aKN/djNA3fdpCWloIudE=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-autonat v0.2.0 h1:Kok+0M/4jiz6TTmxtBqAa5tLyHb/U+G/7o/JEeW7Wok=