diff --git a/add.go b/add.go
index f736cef54..d82b586e3 100644
--- a/add.go
+++ b/add.go
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ func CidVersion(version int) AddOpts {
 func (s *Shell) Add(r io.Reader, options ...AddOpts) (string, error) {
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(r)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+
+	fileReader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
 	var out object
 	rb := s.Request("add")
@@ -90,7 +94,11 @@ func (s *Shell) AddWithOpts(r io.Reader, pin bool, rawLeaves bool) (string, erro
 func (s *Shell) AddLink(target string) (string, error) {
 	link := files.NewLinkFile(target, nil)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", link)})
-	reader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+
+	reader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
 	var out object
 	return out.Hash, s.Request("add").Body(reader).Exec(context.Background(), &out)
@@ -108,7 +116,11 @@ func (s *Shell) AddDir(dir string, options ...AddOpts) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry(filepath.Base(dir), sf)})
-	reader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+
+	reader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
 	rb := s.Request("add").Option("recursive", true)
 	for _, option := range options {
diff --git a/dag.go b/dag.go
index 37c8aa3df..e1ac73418 100644
--- a/dag.go
+++ b/dag.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (s *Shell) DagPutWithOpts(data interface{}, opts ...options.DagPutOption) (
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	fileReader, err := dagToFilesReader(data)
+	fileReader, err := s.dagToFilesReader(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (s *Shell) DagImportWithOpts(data interface{}, opts ...options.DagImportOpt
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	fileReader, err := dagToFilesReader(data)
+	fileReader, err := s.dagToFilesReader(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *Shell) DagImportWithOpts(data interface{}, opts ...options.DagImportOpt
 	return &out, err
 }
 
-func dagToFilesReader(data interface{}) (*files.MultiFileReader, error) {
+func (s *Shell) dagToFilesReader(data interface{}) (*files.MultiFileReader, error) {
 	var r io.Reader
 	switch data := data.(type) {
 	case *files.MultiFileReader:
@@ -147,7 +147,5 @@ func dagToFilesReader(data interface{}) (*files.MultiFileReader, error) {
 
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(r)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
-
-	return fileReader, nil
+	return s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 898deca4e..23c2d4087 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,19 +3,20 @@ go 1.19
 module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api
 
 require (
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.26.3
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.8.0
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.1.1
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.2.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/crackcomm/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20170627025303-887ab5e44cc3 // indirect
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-base32 v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.1.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 64222e734..4091cd7a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
+github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
+github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=
 github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927 h1:SKI1/fuSdodxmNNyVBR8d7X/HuLnRpvvFO0AgyQk764=
 github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927/go.mod h1:h/aW8ynjgkuj+NQRlZcDbAbM1ORAbXjXX77sX7T289U=
 github.com/crackcomm/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20170627025303-887ab5e44cc3 h1:HVTnpeuvF6Owjd5mniCL8DEXo7uYXdQEmOP4FJbV5tg=
@@ -11,10 +13,10 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.1.0/go.mod h1:DZGJHZMqrU4JJqFAWUS2U
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0 h1:UdjAJmHzQHo/j3g3b1bAcAXCj/GM6iTwvSlBDvPBNBs=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.8.0/go.mod h1:RIsi4CnTyQ7AUsNn5gXljJYZlQrHBMnJp94p73liFiA=
-github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.0 h1:a4pdZq0sx6ZSxbCizebnKiMCx/xI/aBBFlB73IgH4rA=
-github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.0/go.mod h1:uQHwDeX4c6CtyrFwdqyhpNcxVewur1M7l7fNU7LKwZk=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0 h1:AXHg/1ONZdRQHQLgG5JHsSC3XoE4DjCAMgK+asZvUcQ=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0/go.mod h1:xAnfiU6PtxWCnRqu7dcXQ10bB5/kvI1kXRotuGqGBhg=
+github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1 h1:A/T3qGvxi4kpKWWcPC/PgbvDA2bjVLO7n4UeVwnbs/s=
+github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1/go.mod h1:uQHwDeX4c6CtyrFwdqyhpNcxVewur1M7l7fNU7LKwZk=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.3 h1:sxCkb+qR91z4vsqw4vGGZlDgPz3G7gjaLyK3V8y70BU=
@@ -37,12 +39,12 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.2.0 h1:lFsAbNOGeKtuKozrtBsAkSVhv1p9D0/qedU9
 github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qvnKE++v+2MWCfePClUEjE78Z7P2a1UV0xHgWc0hkp4=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.8.0 h1:aqjksEcqK+iD/Foe1RRFsGZh8+XFiGo7FgUCZlpv3LU=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Fs50eBDWvZu+l3/9S6xAE7ZYj6yhxlvaVZjakWN7xRs=
-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 v0.8.1 h1:ycepHwavHafh3grIbR1jIXnKCsFm0fqsfEOsJ8NtKE8=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.8.1/go.mod h1:L3QTQvMIaVBkXOXXtVmYE+LI16i14xuaojr/H7Ai54k=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1 h1:aem8ZT0VA2nCHHk7bPJ1BjUbHNciqZC/d16Vve9l108=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.1/go.mod h1:WxoMcYG85AZVQUyRyo9s4wULvW5qrI9vb2Lt6evduFc=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.2.0 h1:isdYCVLvksgWlMW9OZRYJEa9pZETFivncJHmHnnd87g=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.2.0/go.mod h1:bFBZX4lKCA/2lyOFSAoKH5SS6oPyjtnzK/XTFDPkNuk=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0 h1:pb/dlPnzee/Sxv/j4PmkDRxCOi3hXTz3IbPKOXWJkmg=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0/go.mod h1:L3QTQvMIaVBkXOXXtVmYE+LI16i14xuaojr/H7Ai54k=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.3 h1:7Lyc8XfX/IY2jWb/gI7JP+o7JEq9hOa7BFvVU9RSh+U=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.3/go.mod h1:dXgKXCXjBzdscBLk9JkjINiEsCKRVch90MdaGiKsvSM=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.4.1 h1:rFy0Iiyn3YT0asivDUIR05leAdwZq3de4741sbiSdfo=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.4.1/go.mod h1:Mz5eykRVAjJWckE2U78c6xqdtyNUEhKSM0Lwar2p77Q=
 github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.7 h1:sWSGR+f/eu5ABZA2ZpYKBILXTTs9JWpdEM/nEGOHFS8=
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.7/go.mod h1:r8PUYw/fD/SjBCiKOoDlGF6QawOEL
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0 h1:qfktjS5LUO+fFKeJXZ+ikTRijMmljikvG68fpMMruSc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 h1:H2TDz8ibqkAF6YGhCdN3jS9O0/s90v0rJh3X/OLHEUk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.1.7 h1:GgRMhmdsuK8+ii6UZFDL8Nb+VyMwadAgcJyfYHxG6n0=
 lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.1.7/go.mod h1:tkKEOtDkNtklkXtLNEOGNq5tcV90tJiA1vAA12R78LA=
diff --git a/key.go b/key.go
index 1e8975b4b..7c496d9ee 100644
--- a/key.go
+++ b/key.go
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ func (keyImportOpt) AllowAnyKeyType(allow bool) KeyImportOpt {
 func (s *Shell) KeyImport(ctx context.Context, name string, key io.Reader, options ...KeyImportOpt) error {
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(key)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+	fileReader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	rb := s.Request("key/import", name)
 	for _, opt := range options {
diff --git a/mfs.go b/mfs.go
index 260de072f..3b0394446 100644
--- a/mfs.go
+++ b/mfs.go
@@ -338,7 +338,10 @@ func (s *Shell) FilesStat(ctx context.Context, path string, options ...FilesOpt)
 func (s *Shell) FilesWrite(ctx context.Context, path string, data io.Reader, options ...FilesOpt) error {
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(data)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+	fileReader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	rb := s.Request("files/write", path)
 	for _, opt := range options {
diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index 84c582221..710eed02c 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	files "github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
 	tar "github.com/ipfs/boxo/tar"
 	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ const (
 type Shell struct {
 	url     string
 	httpcli gohttp.Client
+
+	versionOnce sync.Once
+	version     *semver.Version
 }
 
 func NewLocalShell() *Shell {
@@ -121,6 +126,39 @@ func NewShellWithClient(url string, client *gohttp.Client) *Shell {
 	return &sh
 }
 
+// encodedAbsolutePathVersion is the version from which the absolute path header in
+// multipart requests is %-encoded. Before this version, its sent raw.
+var encodedAbsolutePathVersion = semver.MustParse("0.23.0-dev")
+
+func (s *Shell) loadRemoteVersion() error {
+	if s.version == nil {
+		version, _, err := s.Version()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		remoteVersion, err := semver.New(version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		s.versionOnce.Do(func() {
+			s.version = remoteVersion
+		})
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Shell) newMultiFileReader(dir files.Directory) (*files.MultiFileReader, error) {
+	err := s.loadRemoteVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return files.NewMultiFileReader(dir, true, s.version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion)), nil
+}
+
 func (s *Shell) SetTimeout(d time.Duration) {
 	s.httpcli.Timeout = d
 }
@@ -368,7 +406,7 @@ func (s *Shell) PatchData(root string, set bool, data interface{}) (string, erro
 
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(read)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true, s.version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion))
 
 	var out object
 	return out.Hash, s.Request("object/patch/"+cmd, root).
@@ -470,7 +508,7 @@ func (s *Shell) BlockPut(block []byte, format, mhtype string, mhlen int) (string
 
 	fr := files.NewBytesFile(block)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true, s.version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion))
 
 	return out.Key, s.Request("block/put").
 		Option("mhtype", mhtype).
@@ -507,7 +545,7 @@ func (s *Shell) ObjectPut(obj *IpfsObject) (string, error) {
 
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(&data)
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true, s.version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion))
 
 	var out object
 	return out.Hash, s.Request("object/put").
@@ -530,10 +568,13 @@ func (s *Shell) PubSubSubscribe(topic string) (*PubSubSubscription, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *Shell) PubSubPublish(topic, data string) (err error) {
-
 	fr := files.NewReaderFile(bytes.NewReader([]byte(data)))
 	slf := files.NewSliceDirectory([]files.DirEntry{files.FileEntry("", fr)})
-	fileReader := files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true)
+
+	fileReader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	encoder, _ := mbase.EncoderByName("base64url")
 	resp, err := s.Request("pubsub/pub", encoder.Encode([]byte(topic))).
diff --git a/shell_test.go b/shell_test.go
index 440edcbbc..2726a9de8 100644
--- a/shell_test.go
+++ b/shell_test.go
@@ -496,8 +496,11 @@ func TestDagImportMultipleCARs(t *testing.T) {
 		files.FileEntry("", files.NewReaderFile(bytes.NewReader(carFile2))),
 	})
 
+	fileReader, err := s.newMultiFileReader(slf)
+	is.Nil(err)
+
 	dagImported, err := s.DagImportWithOpts(
-		files.NewMultiFileReader(slf, true),
+		fileReader,
 		options.Dag.Stats(true),
 		options.Dag.Silent(false),
 	)