diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd2b7fe..bc24c96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipld/js-ipld-bitcoin#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "bitcoinjs-lib": "^5.0.0",
-    "cids": "~0.7.0",
+    "cids": "~0.8.0",
     "multicodec": "^1.0.0",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.14",
     "multihashing-async": "~0.8.0"