diff --git a/packages/bitswap/package.json b/packages/bitswap/package.json
index 92970eb57..0fb679345 100644
--- a/packages/bitswap/package.json
+++ b/packages/bitswap/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "p-event": "^7.0.0",
     "p-retry": "^8.0.0",
     "p-wait-for": "^6.0.0",
-    "protons": "^7.7.0",
+    "protons": "^8.1.1",
     "sinon": "^21.0.0",
     "sinon-ts": "^2.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/ipns/package.json b/packages/ipns/package.json
index b4d0dac07..b573b8913 100644
--- a/packages/ipns/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipns/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "aegir": "^47.0.22",
     "datastore-core": "^11.0.2",
     "it-drain": "^3.0.10",
-    "protons": "^7.6.1",
+    "protons": "^8.1.1",
     "sinon": "^21.0.0",
     "sinon-ts": "^2.0.0"
   },