diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
index cc9a9eb387..f3764daee9 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ipld/car": "^3.1.6",
+    "@ipld/car": "^4.1.0",
     "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^7.0.0",
     "@ipld/dag-pb": "^2.1.3",
     "@types/pako": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
index 5fa1bfcd65..993b5b5a14 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^5.0.0",
-    "@ipld/car": "^3.1.0",
+    "@ipld/car": "^4.1.0",
     "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^7.0.0",
     "@ipld/dag-json": "^8.0.1",
     "@ipld/dag-pb": "^2.1.3",