diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a23f91e..2959b67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipld/js-ipld-git",
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.6.2",
-    "cids": "~0.5.8",
+    "cids": "~0.6.0",
     "multicodec": "~0.5.0",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.14",
     "multihashing-async": "~0.5.2",