diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 32653721c27..4ee6ed77d36 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.5.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.3
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.4.1
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.6.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.0
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 17d387cc087..65e3c621f13 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1262,8 +1262,9 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.2.0/go.mod h1:/y4YVwkfMyry5kFbMTbLJKErh
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qGGaQmioCDh+TeFOnxrbU0DaIPw8yFgAZgFG0V7p1qQ=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.3.1-0.20210902112759-1539a079fd61/go.mod h1:1Hj/eHRaVWSXiSNNfcEPcwZleTmdNP81xlxDLnWU9GQ=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.3.1-0.20211210143421-a526f306ed2c/go.mod h1:1Hj/eHRaVWSXiSNNfcEPcwZleTmdNP81xlxDLnWU9GQ=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.4.1 h1:BSJbf+zpghcZMZrwTYBGwy0CPcVZGWiC72Cp8bBd4R4=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.4.1/go.mod h1:1Hj/eHRaVWSXiSNNfcEPcwZleTmdNP81xlxDLnWU9GQ=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.6.0 h1:KhH2kSuCARyuJraYMFxrNO3DqIaYhOdS039kbhgVwpE=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.6.0/go.mod h1:GUC8upxSBE4oG+q3kWZRw/+6yC1BqO550bjhWsJbZlw=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.1/go.mod h1:w/5tugSrLEbWqlcgJabL3oHFKTwfvkofsjW2Qa1ct4U=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.5/go.mod h1:lt/HCbqlQwlPBz7lv0sQCdtfcMtlJvakRUn/0Ual8po=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.8/go.mod h1:YSLudS+Pi8NHE7o6tb3D8vrpKa63epEDmG8nTduyAew=