diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c722407d52d..0ab7b10e222 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.8.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.1.1
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.7.0
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.8.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 01edc2416dc..c769e64572f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.3/go.mod h1:5+1R4eQrT3PkYZ24C3W2Ue2tPw
 github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.1.1 h1:3ASCDsuLX8+j4kx58qnJ4YFq/JWTJpCyDW27ztsVTOI=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ZEjHE+IsUrgp5mhlEAYjMtZwK1k4haNkcaPg9aoe1a8=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qGGaQmioCDh+TeFOnxrbU0DaIPw8yFgAZgFG0V7p1qQ=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.7.0 h1:rTUjGOwjlhGHbEMbPoSUJowG1spZTVsITRANCjKTUAQ=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.7.0/go.mod h1:GUC8upxSBE4oG+q3kWZRw/+6yC1BqO550bjhWsJbZlw=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.8.1 h1:ycepHwavHafh3grIbR1jIXnKCsFm0fqsfEOsJ8NtKE8=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.8.1/go.mod h1:L3QTQvMIaVBkXOXXtVmYE+LI16i14xuaojr/H7Ai54k=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.1/go.mod h1:w/5tugSrLEbWqlcgJabL3oHFKTwfvkofsjW2Qa1ct4U=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.5/go.mod h1:lt/HCbqlQwlPBz7lv0sQCdtfcMtlJvakRUn/0Ual8po=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.8/go.mod h1:YSLudS+Pi8NHE7o6tb3D8vrpKa63epEDmG8nTduyAew=