diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
index 51aceb52ff..95d4d93a05 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "browser-readablestream-to-it": "^1.0.1",
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "ipfs-core-types": "^0.7.0",
-    "ipfs-unixfs": "^5.0.0",
+    "ipfs-unixfs": "^7.0.0",
     "ipfs-utils": "^8.1.4",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
     "it-map": "^1.0.4",