diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 532bcc865..19ef54f29 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline v0.0.1
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.7
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pinner v0.0.4
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-posinfo v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-provider v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 512a1c488..d7dffc476 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.3/go.mod h1:INEFm0LL2LWXBhNJ2PMIIb2w45hpXgPjN
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.4/go.mod h1:INEFm0LL2LWXBhNJ2PMIIb2w45hpXgPjNoE7yA8Y1d4=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.7 h1:s5BRD12ndahqYifeH1S8Z73zqZhR+3IdKYAG9PiETs0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.7/go.mod h1:wiN/jSG8FKyk7N0WyctKSvq3ljIa2NNTiZB55kpTdOs=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8 h1:8o0oFJkJ8UkO/ABl8T6ac6tKF3+NIpj67aAB6ZpusRg=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8/go.mod h1:wiN/jSG8FKyk7N0WyctKSvq3ljIa2NNTiZB55kpTdOs=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-flags v0.0.1/go.mod h1:RnXBb9WV53GSfTrSDVK61NLTFKvWc60n+K9EgCDh+rA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pinner v0.0.4 h1:EmxhS3vDsCK/rZrsgxX0Le9m2drBcGlUd7ah/VyFYVE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pinner v0.0.4/go.mod h1:s4kFZWLWGDudN8Jyd/GTpt222A12C2snA2+OTdy/7p8=