diff --git a/client/rpc/api.go b/client/rpc/api.go
index cb791e7ee2fc..c017cf3cf916 100644
--- a/client/rpc/api.go
+++ b/client/rpc/api.go
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	iface "github.com/ipfs/boxo/coreiface"
 	caopts "github.com/ipfs/boxo/coreiface/options"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/merkledag"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	legacy "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 	dagpb "github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb"
 	_ "github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/codec/dagcbor"
 	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/node/basicnode"
@@ -42,6 +48,8 @@ type HttpApi struct {
 	Headers     http.Header
 	applyGlobal func(*requestBuilder)
 	ipldDecoder *legacy.Decoder
+	versionOnce sync.Once
+	version     *semver.Version
 }
 
 // NewLocalApi tries to construct new HttpApi instance communicating with local
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ func NewURLApiWithClient(url string, c *http.Client) (*HttpApi, error) {
 	api.httpcli.CheckRedirect = func(_ *http.Request, _ []*http.Request) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected redirect")
 	}
+
 	return api, nil
 }
 
@@ -160,14 +169,19 @@ func (api *HttpApi) WithOptions(opts ...caopts.ApiOption) (iface.CoreAPI, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	subApi := *api
-	subApi.applyGlobal = func(req *requestBuilder) {
-		if options.Offline {
-			req.Option("offline", options.Offline)
-		}
+	subApi := &HttpApi{
+		url:     api.url,
+		httpcli: api.httpcli,
+		Headers: api.Headers,
+		applyGlobal: func(req *requestBuilder) {
+			if options.Offline {
+				req.Option("offline", options.Offline)
+			}
+		},
+		ipldDecoder: api.ipldDecoder,
 	}
 
-	return &subApi, nil
+	return subApi, nil
 }
 
 func (api *HttpApi) Request(command string, args ...string) RequestBuilder {
@@ -228,3 +242,35 @@ func (api *HttpApi) PubSub() iface.PubSubAPI {
 func (api *HttpApi) Routing() iface.RoutingAPI {
 	return (*RoutingAPI)(api)
 }
+
+func (api *HttpApi) loadRemoteVersion() error {
+	if api.version == nil {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), time.Now().Add(time.Second*30))
+		defer cancel()
+
+		resp, err := api.Request("version").Send(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if resp.Error != nil {
+			return resp.Error
+		}
+		defer resp.Close()
+		var out ipfs.VersionInfo
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Output)
+		if err := dec.Decode(&out); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		remoteVersion, err := semver.New(out.Version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		api.versionOnce.Do(func() {
+			api.version = remoteVersion
+		})
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go b/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
index 63206be40407..bf59b3c875d5 100644
--- a/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
+++ b/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 )
 
 type RequestBuilder interface {
@@ -25,11 +26,12 @@ type RequestBuilder interface {
 
 // requestBuilder is an IPFS commands request builder.
 type requestBuilder struct {
-	command string
-	args    []string
-	opts    map[string]string
-	headers map[string]string
-	body    io.Reader
+	command    string
+	args       []string
+	opts       map[string]string
+	headers    map[string]string
+	body       io.Reader
+	buildError error
 
 	shell *HttpApi
 }
@@ -60,7 +62,17 @@ func (r *requestBuilder) Body(body io.Reader) RequestBuilder {
 func (r *requestBuilder) FileBody(body io.Reader) RequestBuilder {
 	pr, _ := files.NewReaderPathFile("/dev/stdin", io.NopCloser(body), nil)
 	d := files.NewMapDirectory(map[string]files.Node{"": pr})
-	r.body = files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false)
+
+	err := r.shell.loadRemoteVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Unfortunately, we cannot return an error here. Changing this API is also
+		// not the best since we would otherwise have an inconsistent RequestBuilder.
+		// We save the error and return it when calling [requestBuilder.Send].
+		r.buildError = err
+		return r
+	}
+
+	r.body = files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false, r.shell.version.LT(ipfs.EncodedAbsolutePathVersion))
 
 	return r
 }
@@ -97,6 +109,10 @@ func (r *requestBuilder) Header(name, value string) RequestBuilder {
 
 // Send sends the request and return the response.
 func (r *requestBuilder) Send(ctx context.Context) (*Response, error) {
+	if r.buildError != nil {
+		return nil, r.buildError
+	}
+
 	r.shell.applyGlobal(r)
 
 	req := NewRequest(ctx, r.shell.url, r.command, r.args...)
diff --git a/client/rpc/unixfs.go b/client/rpc/unixfs.go
index 2099f190b30d..3a231d8b14c5 100644
--- a/client/rpc/unixfs.go
+++ b/client/rpc/unixfs.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	unixfs "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs"
 	unixfs_pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/pb"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
@@ -62,7 +63,13 @@ func (api *UnixfsAPI) Add(ctx context.Context, f files.Node, opts ...caopts.Unix
 	}
 
 	d := files.NewMapDirectory(map[string]files.Node{"": f}) // unwrapped on the other side
-	req.Body(files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false))
+
+	err = api.core().loadRemoteVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req.Body(files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false, api.version.LT(ipfs.EncodedAbsolutePathVersion)))
 
 	var out addEvent
 	resp, err := req.Send(ctx)
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/main.go b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
index 10fa66678b5d..974e98a6a230 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -12,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	u "github.com/ipfs/boxo/util"
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/cli"
 	cmdhttp "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/http"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/cmd/ipfs/util"
 	oldcmds "github.com/ipfs/kubo/commands"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/core"
@@ -315,9 +320,18 @@ func makeExecutor(req *cmds.Request, env interface{}) (cmds.Executor, error) {
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported API address: %s", apiAddr)
 	}
-	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithHTTPClient(&http.Client{
+
+	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(tpt),
-	}))
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithHTTPClient(httpClient))
+
+	// Fetch remove version, as some feature compatibility might change depending on it.
+	remoteVersion, err := getRemoteVersion(tracingWrappedExecutor{cmdhttp.NewClient(host, opts...)})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithRawAbsPath(remoteVersion.LT(ipfs.EncodedAbsolutePathVersion)))
 
 	return tracingWrappedExecutor{cmdhttp.NewClient(host, opts...)}, nil
 }
@@ -417,3 +431,40 @@ func resolveAddr(ctx context.Context, addr ma.Multiaddr) (ma.Multiaddr, error) {
 
 	return addrs[0], nil
 }
+
+type nopWriter struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (nw nopWriter) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getRemoteVersion(exe cmds.Executor) (*semver.Version, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), time.Now().Add(time.Second*30))
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := cmds.NewRequest(ctx, []string{"version"}, nil, nil, nil, Root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	re, err := cmds.NewWriterResponseEmitter(nopWriter{&buf}, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = exe.Execute(req, re, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var out ipfs.VersionInfo
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(&buf)
+	if err := dec.Decode(&out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return semver.New(out.Version)
+}
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md b/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
index a53639d88a49..822aa118335f 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ $ ipfs config --json Swarm.Transports.Multiplexers.Mplex 200
 We will completely remove Mplex in v0.24 as it makes protocols very bad to implement,
 if you are in this situation you need to add yamux support to your other implementation.
 
+#### Binary characters in file names: no longer works with old clients and new Kubo servers
+
+In this version, we updated Kubo to support Go 1.20+. In Go 1.20, a regression
+regarding multipart headers was [introduced](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/60674).
+This only affects when a file name has binary characters in its name. As a consequence,
+we had to update the encoding of the file name headers. This is the compatibility
+table:
+
+|            | New Client  | Old Client                     |
+|------------|-------------|--------------------------------|
+| New Server | ✅          | ❌ (loud fail w/ binary paths) |
+| Old Server | ✅          | ✅                             |
+
+
 ### 📝 Changelog
 
 ### 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Contributors
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
index ab4e5ddc4ed5..3fb7b76ac83c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go 1.20
 replace github.com/ipfs/kubo => ./../../..
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5
 	github.com/ipfs/kubo v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.29.2
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.10.1
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
index 710497500f61..2953d939b804 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f h1:sXqGLIATCsBdHse7S9n6e328NhORvVM64+4IRuFlpmI=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5 h1:yH0AHLdnI8c1Jdtp/GN2W9UWRxuQ6prfClZyCiGoTHo=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2/go.mod h1:AWR46JfpcObNfg3ok2JHDUfdiHRgWhJgCQF+KIgOPJY=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6aecd4cdac99..1ad71565ada3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7
 	github.com/ipfs/go-graphsync v0.14.4
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.1-0.20230817103510-c4268a17faa6
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-git v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.2.1
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/AndreasBriese/bbloom v0.0.0-20190825152654-46b345b51c96 // indirect
 	github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137 // indirect
 	github.com/alexbrainman/goissue34681 v0.0.0-20191006012335-3fc7a47baff5 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/zeroconf/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 083a052ca7e0..732affca7d9e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1 h1:6HgRolFZnsdfzRUj+ImB9og1JYOxQoReSywkHOGSaUU=
 github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1/go.mod h1:jCOZj3vrBCri3bSU3ErUYvevKlnbssrXeCivybS5ABQ=
-github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1 h1:EJiD2VUQyh5A9hWJLmc6iWg6yIcJ7jpBcwC8GMGXfDk=
-github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1/go.mod h1:N8B+I7vPCT80IcP58r50u4+gEEcsZETFUpAzWW2ep1Y=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2 h1:KMrpdQIwFcEqXDklaen+P1axHaj9BSKzvpUUfnHldSE=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBAUSII=
@@ -337,8 +335,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f h1:sXqGLIATCsBdHse7S9n6e328NhORvVM64+4IRuFlpmI=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5 h1:yH0AHLdnI8c1Jdtp/GN2W9UWRxuQ6prfClZyCiGoTHo=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0 h1:j1WVvhDX1yhG32NTC9xfxnqycqYIlhzEzLXG/cU1HyQ=
@@ -383,8 +381,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.0 h1:m2EXaWgwTzAfsmt5UdJ7Is6l4gJcaM/A12X
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.0/go.mod h1:KgtZyc9fq+P2xJUiCAzbRdhhqJHvsw8u2Dlqy2MyRTE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1 h1:Eh/H4pc1hsvhzsQoMEP3Bke/aW5P5rVM1IWFJMcGIPQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5 h1:ojCf7HV/m+uS2vhUGWcogIIxiO5ubl5O57Q7NapWLY8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0 h1:K0VcXg1l1k6aY6sHnoxYcyimyJQbcV1ueXuWgThmK9Q=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0/go.mod h1:SBFHK8WNwC416QWH9Vz1Ql42SSMAOqKpaHUMBu3jpLo=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.1-0.20230817103510-c4268a17faa6 h1:WU2SpQhBc8yzjG5cpcDjYguEtbDpLVXjLKOqW1CAM3Y=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.1-0.20230817103510-c4268a17faa6/go.mod h1:OMMX/4WtqvDh8VbIxWLVAWH6HkVy2WMjnsEzZZcgsdw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 h1:r/UXYyRcddO6thwOnhiznIAiSvxMECGgtv35Xs1IeRQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
@@ -572,12 +570,14 @@ github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd h1:br0buuQ854V8
 github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd/go.mod h1:QuCEs1Nt24+FYQEqAAncTDPJIuGs+LxK1MCiFL25pMU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 h1:snbPLB8fVfU9iwbbo30TPtbLRzwWu6aJS6Xh4eaaviA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 h1:6Su7aK7lXmJ/U79bYtBjLNaha4Fs1Rg9plHpcH+vvnE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
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diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.mod b/test/dependencies/go.mod
index ef7d7af12dec..9a418d2b806a 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.mod
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replace github.com/ipfs/kubo => ../../
 require (
 	github.com/Kubuxu/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20161216165753-7ecaa51963cd
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.54.1
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.sum b/test/dependencies/go.sum
index 1649bb4dca10..da290c845aac 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.sum
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.sum
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f h1:sXqGLIATCsBdHse7S9n6e328NhORvVM64+4IRuFlpmI=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817061817-1d2f5e511e9f/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5 h1:yH0AHLdnI8c1Jdtp/GN2W9UWRxuQ6prfClZyCiGoTHo=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230817103630-f4838887b6e5/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2 h1:GAjkfhVx1f4YTODS6Esrj1wt2HhrtwTnhEr+DyPUaJo=
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh b/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
index 3d50a2e62bfa..3b2281894ad8 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,22 @@ test_expect_success "can make http request against nc server" '
   ipfs cat /ipfs/Qmabcdef --api /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5005 &
   IPFSPID=$!
 
-  # handle request
+  # handle request for /api/v0/version
+  while read line; do
+    if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "$line"
+  done <&7 >nc_out &&
+
+  echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Type: application/json\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Length: 21\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "{\"Version\":\"0.23.0\"}\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+
+  # handle request for /api/v0/cat
   while read line; do
     if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
       break
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh b/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
index eddbc93da497..b42131834014 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,22 @@ test_expect_success "can make http request against dns resolved nc server" '
   ipfs cat /ipfs/Qmabcdef --api /dns4/localhost/tcp/5006 &
   IPFSPID=$!
 
-  # handle request
+  # handle request for /api/v0/version
+  while read line; do
+    if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "$line"
+  done <&7 >nc_out &&
+
+  echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Type: application/json\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Length: 21\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "{\"Version\":\"0.23.0\"}\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+
+  # handle request for /api/v0/cat
   while read line; do
     if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
       break
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 5eb0e2981c05..ed7bef39f650 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/repo/fsrepo"
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ const CurrentVersionNumber = "0.23.0-dev"
 
 const ApiVersion = "/kubo/" + CurrentVersionNumber + "/" //nolint
 
+// 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")
+
 // GetUserAgentVersion is the libp2p user agent used by go-ipfs.
 //
 // Note: This will end in `/` when no commit is available. This is expected.