diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 93f81780a..735ba6087 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.2
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.7
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.2.2
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-net v0.1.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2433fda0d..c82109a4c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.3 h1:8tAs/hSdNvUiLgtlSy3mxwxWP4I9y/jlkPFT
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.3/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.7 h1:QK3xRwFxqd0Xd9bSZL+8yZ8ncZZbl6Zngd/+Y+A6sgQ=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.5.7/go.mod h1:txwbVEhHEXikXn9gfC7/UDDw7rkxuX0bJvM49Ykaswo=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.0 h1:u03qofNYTBN+yVg08PuAKylZogVf0xcTEeM8skGf+ak=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core v0.6.0/go.mod h1:txwbVEhHEXikXn9gfC7/UDDw7rkxuX0bJvM49Ykaswo=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
 github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.5 h1:pQkejVhF0xp08D4CQUcw8t+BFJeXowja6RVcb5p++EA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.5/go.mod h1:unDrJpgy3oFr+rqXsarWifmJuNnJR4chtO1HmaZjggc=