diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 32653721c27..ea00382bf59 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipns v0.1.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5
-	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.6.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.8.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-prometheus v0.0.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-mfs v0.2.1
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.3
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.4.1
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.0
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 17d387cc087..1c79966a09c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -609,8 +609,9 @@ 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-metrics-prometheus v0.0.2 h1:9i2iljLg12S78OhC6UAiXi176xvQGiZaGVF1CUVdE+s=
@@ -1274,8 +1275,8 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.14/go.mod h1:VdAWLKTwram9oKAatUcLxBNUj
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.15/go.mod h1:D6aZrWNLFTV/ynMpKsNtB40mJzmCl4jb1alC0OvHiHg=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.16/go.mod h1:zhfEIgVnB/rPMfxgFw15ZmGoNaKyNUIE4IWHG/kC+Ag=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RJlXsxt6vHGaia+S8We0ErjhojtKzPP2AH4+kYM7k84=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.0 h1:oytJb9ZA1OUW0r0f9ea18GiaPOo4SXyc7p2movyUuo4=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.0/go.mod h1:WxoMcYG85AZVQUyRyo9s4wULvW5qrI9vb2Lt6evduFc=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1 h1:aem8ZT0VA2nCHHk7bPJ1BjUbHNciqZC/d16Vve9l108=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1/go.mod h1:WxoMcYG85AZVQUyRyo9s4wULvW5qrI9vb2Lt6evduFc=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.0.1/go.mod h1:fJTiDfXJVmItycydCnNx4+wSzZ5NwG2FEVAI30fiovg=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.0.4/go.mod h1:fJTiDfXJVmItycydCnNx4+wSzZ5NwG2FEVAI30fiovg=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.1.0/go.mod h1:fJTiDfXJVmItycydCnNx4+wSzZ5NwG2FEVAI30fiovg=