diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d577995..a038cb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "ipld-dag-pb": "~0.18.1",
     "ipld-raw": "^4.0.0",
     "merge-options": "^2.0.0",
-    "multicodec": "~0.5.5",
+    "multicodec": "^1.0.0",
     "typical": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "contributors": [