diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49af52c46a..c665008a8e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "buffer-peek-stream": "^1.0.1",
     "byteman": "^1.3.5",
     "cid-tool": "~0.2.0",
-    "cids": "~0.5.8",
+    "cids": "~0.7.1",
     "class-is": "^1.1.0",
     "datastore-core": "~0.6.0",
     "datastore-pubsub": "~0.1.1",