diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 782544b..dd06d70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipld/js-ipld-git",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cids": "~0.7.0",
+    "cids": "~0.8.0",
     "multicodec": "^1.0.0",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.14",
     "multihashing-async": "~0.8.0",