diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2c6e585f9d561ad611b47f600e9f5fc4f07e23db..0f0c7ab36fa44a2a2e44e83746916c844512efb7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.4
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-blankhost v0.1.4
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.5
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.6
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery v0.4.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-swarm v0.2.4
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 83dd8c8a68c2c581742c793cc4419109353d9a06..960a6dd2c33b31b515fcc97b891c336ad933bc2c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.3/go.mod h1:uN7L2D4EvPCvzSH5SrhR72UWbnSGpt
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.4/go.mod h1:uN7L2D4EvPCvzSH5SrhR72UWbnSGpt5/a35Sm4upn4Y=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.5 h1:/yiFUZDoBWqvpWeHHJ1iA8SOs5obT1/+UdNfckwD57M=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.5/go.mod h1:vj3awlOr9+GMZJFH9s4mpt9RHHgGqeHCopzbYKZdRjM=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.6 h1:IxFH4PmtLlLdPf4fF/i129SnK/C+/v8WEX644MxhC48=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.6/go.mod h1:txwbVEhHEXikXn9gfC7/UDDw7rkxuX0bJvM49Ykaswo=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery v0.4.0 h1:dK78UhopBk48mlHtRCzbdLm3q/81g77FahEBTjcqQT8=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery v0.4.0/go.mod h1:bZ0aJSrFc/eX2llP0ryhb1kpgkPyTo23SJ5b7UQCMh4=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables v0.1.0 h1:h3w8QFfCt2UJl/0/NW4K829HX/0S4KD31PQ7m8UXXO8=