diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6562087878..92a2cc48d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     "@libp2p/interface-connection-encrypter-compliance-tests": "^4.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interface-mocks": "^9.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interop": "^4.0.0",
-    "@libp2p/kad-dht": "^7.0.0",
+    "@libp2p/kad-dht": "^9.1.0",
     "@libp2p/mdns": "^6.0.0",
     "@libp2p/mplex": "^7.0.0",
     "@libp2p/pubsub": "^6.0.0",