diff --git a/ucan/Cargo.toml b/ucan/Cargo.toml
index 7e0e581e..52d11ef7 100644
--- a/ucan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ucan/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cid = "0.9"
 futures = "0.3"
 instant = { version = "0.1", features = ["wasm-bindgen", "stdweb"] }
 libipld-core = { version = "0.15", features = ["serde-codec", "serde"] }
-libipld-json = "0.15"
+libipld-json = "0.16"
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }