diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f43b5e145a..4f379aa195 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     "@libp2p/interface-connection-encrypter-compliance-tests": "^3.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interface-mocks": "^8.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interop": "^3.0.1",
-    "@libp2p/kad-dht": "^6.0.0",
+    "@libp2p/kad-dht": "^7.0.0",
     "@libp2p/mdns": "^5.0.0",
     "@libp2p/mplex": "^7.0.0",
     "@libp2p/pubsub": "^5.0.0",