diff --git a/packages/libp2p/package.json b/packages/libp2p/package.json
index b03cdc9621..6ba9be85f5 100644
--- a/packages/libp2p/package.json
+++ b/packages/libp2p/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
     "p-queue": "^8.0.0",
     "private-ip": "^3.0.1",
-    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^3.0.0",
+    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^4.0.0",
     "uint8arraylist": "^2.4.3",
     "uint8arrays": "^5.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/stream-multiplexer-mplex/package.json b/packages/stream-multiplexer-mplex/package.json
index 926cbc5085..d69ebda977 100644
--- a/packages/stream-multiplexer-mplex/package.json
+++ b/packages/stream-multiplexer-mplex/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "it-pushable": "^3.2.1",
     "it-stream-types": "^2.0.1",
-    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^3.0.0",
+    "rate-limiter-flexible": "^4.0.0",
     "uint8-varint": "^2.0.0",
     "uint8arraylist": "^2.4.3",
     "uint8arrays": "^5.0.0"