diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4644e9fa68fa5fe94e4afe142fea7b2d5787d4bd..4ec649a4af81e2f732862e4e4e450d21d5a214a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.3
+	github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.0.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5cba9762de4f9e6ad71d9b97abe4394404132e3c..4523a496f6a5c864c29c407507a857d27580d840 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.1 h1:s7KkiBPfxCeDVo47KySjK0ACPc5GJRUxFpdyWEuDjhw=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.1/go.mod h1:oqo8CVWsJFMOZqTglBG4wydCE4IQA/G2/SEofB0rjUI=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.3 h1:jAl9Z/TYObpGeGATUemnOZ7RYb0F/kzNVlhcYZesz+0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.3/go.mod h1:YEQlFy0kkxops5Vy+OxWdRSEZIoS7I7KDIwoa5Chkps=
+github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.8 h1:38X1mKXkiU6Nzw4TOSWD8eTVY5eX3slQunv3QEWfXKg=
+github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.8/go.mod h1:TOWoxllhccevbWFUR2N7B1MTSVVge1s6XSMiCSA4MzM=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.1/go.mod h1:DK/YYcsSUIVAFNwo/KZCdIIbpN0ROH/baNLgayt4pFc=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2 h1:qPDvcP19izTjU8rgo6p7gTXZlkMkF5bz5G3fqIsSCPE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2/go.mod h1:AWR46JfpcObNfg3ok2JHDUfdiHRgWhJgCQF+KIgOPJY=
@@ -190,6 +192,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.2 h1:ivPvEKHxmVkTClHzg6RXTYHqaJQ0V9cDbq+6lKb3UV0
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.2/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.3 h1:VsOlWispTivSsOMg70e0W77y6oiSBSRCyP6URrWvE04=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.3/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
+github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4 h1:agEFehY3zWJFUHK6SEMR7UYmk2z6kC3oeCM7ybLhguA=
+github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
 github.com/libp2p/go-nat v0.0.3 h1:l6fKV+p0Xa354EqQOQP+d8CivdLM4kl5GxC1hSc/UeI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-nat v0.0.3/go.mod h1:88nUEt0k0JD45Bk93NIwDqjlhiOwOoV36GchpcVc1yI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.0.1 h1:7PhkfH73VXfPJYKQ6JwS5I/eVcoyYi9IMNGc6FWpFLw=