diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
index 3abd1b0fd..f59d136d6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.8 // indirect
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
index c623bdbce..790250ba1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8BNT7shDZPo99Q74BpGMK+4D8Mn4j46U
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.0.7/go.mod h1:qt0/fWzZDoPW6jpQeqUjR5kBfhDNB65jd9YlmAvpQBk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4 h1:MmqFicftE0KrwMC77WjXTrPuoUxhwyFsjKONSeWrlOo=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4/go.mod h1:HfqsKJcNnIr9ZhZ+rkwS1J5PpaWjJjg6Ipmxd7KPfZ8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408 h1:xw1mz0Y5Z7H2MKRpnOmqpqBBVMr2TT2DlQB+6hZiqpc=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408/go.mod h1:p8a/YhmAFYyuonxDbvuIANlDCgS69uqVv+iH5f8fAxY=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0 h1:olAEnDNBK1VMoTRZvfzgo90H5kBP4qIZPpYMtNlBBws=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0/go.mod h1:p8a/YhmAFYyuonxDbvuIANlDCgS69uqVv+iH5f8fAxY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.1.0/go.mod h1:hqAW8y4bwX5LWcCtku2rFNX3vjDZCy5LZCg+cSZvYb8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2 h1:6nmxlQ2zbp4LCNdJVsmHfs9GP0eylfBNxpmY1csp0x0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2/go.mod h1:2fAwmcvD3WoRT72PzEekHBkQmBDhc39DJGoREiuGmYo=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2c2b0a829..cba15d0a5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c0546eb7e..b5833a54a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-detect-race v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8BNT7shDZPo99Q74BpGMK+4D8Mn4j46U
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.0.7/go.mod h1:qt0/fWzZDoPW6jpQeqUjR5kBfhDNB65jd9YlmAvpQBk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4 h1:MmqFicftE0KrwMC77WjXTrPuoUxhwyFsjKONSeWrlOo=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-badger v0.3.4/go.mod h1:HfqsKJcNnIr9ZhZ+rkwS1J5PpaWjJjg6Ipmxd7KPfZ8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408 h1:xw1mz0Y5Z7H2MKRpnOmqpqBBVMr2TT2DlQB+6hZiqpc=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.5.6-0.20260113044005-5929cc55c408/go.mod h1:p8a/YhmAFYyuonxDbvuIANlDCgS69uqVv+iH5f8fAxY=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0 h1:olAEnDNBK1VMoTRZvfzgo90H5kBP4qIZPpYMtNlBBws=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ds-flatfs v0.6.0/go.mod h1:p8a/YhmAFYyuonxDbvuIANlDCgS69uqVv+iH5f8fAxY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.1.0/go.mod h1:hqAW8y4bwX5LWcCtku2rFNX3vjDZCy5LZCg+cSZvYb8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2 h1:6nmxlQ2zbp4LCNdJVsmHfs9GP0eylfBNxpmY1csp0x0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2/go.mod h1:2fAwmcvD3WoRT72PzEekHBkQmBDhc39DJGoREiuGmYo=