diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 756efd3a0..c7edaee87 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gammazero/channelqueue v0.2.1
 	github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1
 	github.com/gammazero/targz v0.0.3
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.15.0
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.16.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.0
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-adl-hamt v0.0.0-20220616142416-9004dbd839e0
 	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0
 	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/dsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd
-	github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.6
+	github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.7
 	github.com/ipni/go-libipni v0.5.8
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.32.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 341c4b1cd..ddc7779a2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANyt
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.1/go.mod h1:oqo8CVWsJFMOZqTglBG4wydCE4IQA/G2/SEofB0rjUI=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.15.0 h1:BriLydj2nlK1nKeJQHxcKSuG5ZXcoutzhBklOtxC5pk=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.15.0/go.mod h1:X5ulcbR5Nh7sm3Db8+08AApUo6FsGC5mb23QDKAoB/M=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.16.0 h1:A9dUmef5a+mEFki6kbyG7el5gl65CiUBzrDeZxzTWKY=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.16.0/go.mod h1:jAgpNQn7T7BnibUeReXcKU9Ha1xmYNyOlwVEl193ow0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.0/go.mod h1:FFJEf18E9izuCqUtHxbWEvq+reg7o4CW5wSAE1wsxj0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.1.2/go.mod h1:qxSWS4NXGs7jQ6zQvoPY3+NmOfHHG47mhkiLzBpJQIs=
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@ github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3RLqy//ERg/y5oShXXdx5YIp50cFGOan
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/bsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd h1:gMlw/MhNr2Wtp5RwGdsW23cs+yCuj9k2ON7i9MiJlRo=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/dsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd h1:qdjo1CRvAQhOMoyYjPnbdZ5rYFFmqztweQ9KAsuWpO0=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/dsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd/go.mod h1:9DD/GM0JNPoisgR09F62kbBi7kHa4eDIea4XshXYOVc=
-github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.6 h1:zqy9FbRXXxArHV8UZvj9zfc0AySiqhYrH2sByV0zeb8=
-github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.6/go.mod h1:As741p4QNdbV+5OpM1/Arw5Usj2HLzoz7l2Og7LEMSY=
+github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.7 h1:IaEBoVe1RiTBDTj8MiUlbsYk/L32AOjtCBhQQmXuxIo=
+github.com/ipni/go-indexer-core v0.8.7/go.mod h1:lLWTrQ7dhKwCak1qn6AQBNoSrGYBAXJJy2OGc02BO2Q=
 github.com/ipni/go-libipni v0.5.8 h1:iSob6WRjdRuKpDZmwYw5aBD13utosnEGlRRun/21ZCs=
 github.com/ipni/go-libipni v0.5.8/go.mod h1:QvWhyJAY6CZ6IoQNw0DvZQW2nDJWxt/diwxv8udoAIw=
 github.com/iris-contrib/blackfriday v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:UzZ2bDEoaSGPbkg6SAB4att1aAwTmVIx/5gCVqeyUdI=
diff --git a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/daemon.go b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/daemon.go
index 44b8e6d3f..e5cde3d04 100644
--- a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/daemon.go
+++ b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/daemon.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var daemonFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Name:    "batch-size",
 		Usage:   "Set batch size for dhstore requests",
 		Aliases: []string{"b"},
-		Value:   1024,
+		Value:   8192,
 	},
 	&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 		Name:        "indexer",
diff --git a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
index 79df33f43..55ae1d76b 100644
--- a/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
+++ b/ipni-gc/cmd/ipnigc/provider.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var providerFlags = []cli.Flag{
 		Name:    "batch-size",
 		Usage:   "Set batch size for dhstore requests",
 		Aliases: []string{"b"},
-		Value:   1024,
+		Value:   8192,
 	},
 	&cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:    "delete-not-found",