diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80df33a7429..a3117b08ea5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-todocounter v0.0.2
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.3
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.5.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.5.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.3.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.2.3
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore v0.1.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d5492936ce5..537b5d93bf3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ 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 v0.5.0 h1:/nnb5mc2TK6TwknECsWIkfCwMTHv0AXbvzxlnVivfeg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Os7a5Z3B+ErF4v7zgIJ7nBHNu2LYt8ZMLkTQUB3G/wA=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.5.1 h1:kZ9jg+2B9IIptRcltBHKBrQdhXNNSrjCoztvrMx7tqI=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.5.1/go.mod h1:Os7a5Z3B+ErF4v7zgIJ7nBHNu2LYt8ZMLkTQUB3G/wA=
 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-blankhost v0.1.1/go.mod h1:pf2fvdLJPsC1FsVrNP3DUUvMzUts2dsLLBEpo1vW1ro=