diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 629b445c54792eca6ea658276f50614e824c5b0b..d27a6af447ce65fe87936bb6ba9013c2e11096d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   "gxDependencies": [
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmNa31VPzC561NWwRsJLE7nGYZYuuD2QfpK2b1q9BK54J1",
+      "hash": "QmbD5yKbXahNvoMqzeuNyKQA9vAs9fUvJg2GXeWU1fVqY5",
       "name": "go-libp2p-net",
-      "version": "2.0.0"
+      "version": "2.0.2"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmQVm7pWYKPStMeMrXNRpvAJE5rSm9ThtQoNmjNHC7sh3k",
+      "hash": "Qme2XMfKbWzzYd92YvA1qnFMe3pGDR86j5BcFtx4PwdRvr",
       "name": "go-libp2p-transport",
-      "version": "2.2.8"
+      "version": "2.2.9"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmdicniYXy49AFCSVTZeYmo997kT5XJRzZLokzJCrywR2U",
+      "hash": "QmUE6HHybkvTDUkP6gHx41XNHsyZDwxCmxiD2fJABsg9eZ",
       "name": "go-ws-transport",
-      "version": "1.6.1"
+      "version": "1.6.2"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
@@ -69,27 +69,27 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmXZYkfBN1cABhBZRaEwLzgEB5B3nAGiJYCmhWbDW3cDus",
+      "hash": "QmfT8oJ8o8AY417RNu1bUYsnDPipPHSCdVcWjYRsDNFL4M",
       "name": "go-peerstream",
-      "version": "2.1.0"
+      "version": "2.1.1"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmQbh3Rb7KM37As3vkHYnEFnzkVXNCP8EYGtHz6g2fXk14",
+      "hash": "QmbXmeK6KgUAkbyVGRxXknupmWAHnt6ryghT8BFSsEh2sB",
       "name": "go-libp2p-metrics",
-      "version": "2.0.0"
+      "version": "2.0.1"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmTi4629yyHJ8qW9sXFjvxJpYcN499tHhERLZYdUqwRU9i",
+      "hash": "QmTmknvYRdCyzsgEKWqq3Q7E2aPDEwFR9cNqBpgyQ2mGet",
       "name": "go-libp2p-conn",
-      "version": "1.6.13"
+      "version": "1.7.0"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmbrUTiVDSK3WGePN18qVjpGYmvXQt6YVPyyGoXWx593uq",
+      "hash": "QmTvzVdANd5UWYxEqV9czC9gPZX6k7BCSVYcz91Gwz6J7A",
       "name": "go-tcp-transport",
-      "version": "1.2.3"
+      "version": "1.2.5"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmfQAY7YU4fQi3sjGLs1hwkM2Aq7dxgDyoMjaKN4WBWvcB",
+      "hash": "QmZD7kdgd6eiBCvNbyvsFQ11h3ainoCJpJRbecDx3CPcbZ",
       "name": "go-libp2p-interface-conn",
-      "version": "0.4.8"
+      "version": "0.4.9"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@
     },
     {
       "author": "libp2p",
-      "hash": "QmQq9YzmdFdWNTDdArueGyD7L5yyiRQigrRHJnTGkxcEjT",
+      "hash": "QmauYrW3kDcfZwUuqjyDCSTyaicL8tvo3a7VkAVgAEes96",
       "name": "go-libp2p-interface-pnet",
-      "version": "2.1.2"
+      "version": "2.1.3"
     },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmVJGsPeK3vwtEyyTxpCs47yjBYMmYsAhEouPDF3Gb2eK3",
+      "hash": "QmcNdF325V5LjhHowoZJvby7Y3xB7kNUMPj6Ve7VPzdQ9Z",
       "name": "go-addr-util",
-      "version": "1.2.2"
+      "version": "1.2.3"
     },
     {
       "hash": "QmSpJByNKFX1sCsHBEp3R73FL4NF6FnQTEGyNAXHm2GS52",
diff --git a/swarm.go b/swarm.go
index dac2624d96031d8fd2e51ad061d2d6bafbf06e16..eabd6d67f6079e81d72666259a656d9eb6f5bfcb 100644
--- a/swarm.go
+++ b/swarm.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func NewSwarmWithProtector(ctx context.Context, listenAddrs []ma.Multiaddr, loca
 		local:  local,
 		peers:  peers,
 		ctx:    ctx,
-		dialT:  DialTimeout,
+		dialT:  conn.DialTimeout,
 		notifs: make(map[inet.Notifiee]ps.Notifiee),
 		transports: []transport.Transport{
 			tcpt.NewTCPTransport(),
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func NewBlankSwarm(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID, privkey ci.PrivKey, pstpt ps
 		local:       id,
 		peers:       pstore.NewPeerstore(),
 		ctx:         ctx,
-		dialT:       DialTimeout,
+		dialT:       conn.DialTimeout,
 		notifs:      make(map[inet.Notifiee]ps.Notifiee),
 		fdRateLimit: make(chan struct{}, concurrentFdDials),
 		Filters:     filter.NewFilters(),
diff --git a/swarm_dial.go b/swarm_dial.go
index 3b0b676cd5770eacee13495a058f2e4ae64227c8..1cc03580fd29584da83aaaf85cbe609d787a75a7 100644
--- a/swarm_dial.go
+++ b/swarm_dial.go
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ const concurrentFdDials = 160
 // number of concurrent outbound dials to make per peer
 const defaultPerPeerRateLimit = 8
 
-// DialTimeout is the amount of time each dial attempt has. We can think about making
-// this larger down the road, or putting more granular timeouts (i.e. within each
-// subcomponent of Dial)
-var DialTimeout = time.Second * 10
-
 // dialbackoff is a struct used to avoid over-dialing the same, dead peers.
 // Whenever we totally time out on a peer (all three attempts), we add them
 // to dialbackoff. Then, whenevers goroutines would _wait_ (dialsync), they
diff --git a/swarm_listen.go b/swarm_listen.go
index 98d3549a4d7ded8306cb928a7a55b47ca167b135..1e4a92efc9ab4581be08965ac625bc9105ba2954 100644
--- a/swarm_listen.go
+++ b/swarm_listen.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (s *Swarm) AddListenAddr(a ma.Multiaddr) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no transport for address: %s", a)
 	}
 
-	d, err := tpt.Dialer(a, transport.TimeoutOpt(DialTimeout), transport.ReusePorts)
+	d, err := tpt.Dialer(a, transport.ReusePorts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}