diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbdad4a1ed..ddc1206de8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     "multiformats": "^11.0.2",
     "multihashes": "^4.0.3",
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
-    "protons-runtime": "^4.0.1",
+    "protons-runtime": "^5.0.0",
     "timeout-abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "uint8arraylist": "^2.3.3",
     "uint8arrays": "^4.0.2",