diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27257e9..18193f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "it-handshake": "^2.0.0",
     "it-length-prefixed": "^5.0.0",
     "it-pipe": "^1.0.1",
-    "it-reader": "^3.0.0",
+    "it-reader": "^6.0.1",
     "p-defer": "^3.0.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0"
   },