diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
index 04e6c576eb..28a91b3569 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "libp2p-webrtc-star": "^0.20.1",
     "libp2p-websockets": "^0.14.0",
     "mafmt": "^8.0.0",
-    "merge-options": "^2.0.0",
+    "merge-options": "^3.0.3",
     "mortice": "^2.0.0",
     "multiaddr": "^8.0.0",
     "multiaddr-to-uri": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
index 9f8984d5cc..81e920c517 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "it-map": "^1.0.4",
     "it-tar": "^1.2.2",
     "it-to-stream": "^0.1.2",
-    "merge-options": "^2.0.0",
+    "merge-options": "^3.0.3",
     "multiaddr": "^8.0.0",
     "multibase": "^3.0.0",
     "multicodec": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/package.json b/packages/ipfs/package.json
index 6266639a8c..77994e8430 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "ipfsd-ctl": "^7.0.2",
     "iso-url": "^1.0.0",
     "libp2p-webrtc-star": "^0.20.1",
-    "merge-options": "^2.0.0",
+    "merge-options": "^3.0.3",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "typescript": "4.0.x",
     "wrtc": "^0.4.6"