diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1b75758..5c55f2c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.7.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "duckdb": "0.7.1"
+        "duckdb": "0.8.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^29.2.0",
@@ -1771,9 +1771,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/duckdb": {
-      "version": "0.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duckdb/-/duckdb-0.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RwFqUO83beq68DcK4XnVLNQXa/AGIXtvg5oI1onclfslo5JYnX+5zI5d0iP/WmpjxiUOGl0Z1bcO0pNvhA/CdA==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duckdb/-/duckdb-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hD05w83kdDkmRZoKwFK4PiA2fByczPp49rY6cREh23NoVHXJ3I4VpROsW8vNC9Gx7KP7lZpWvT7rQ/MHvrWI5g==",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.0",
@@ -5734,9 +5734,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "duckdb": {
-      "version": "0.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duckdb/-/duckdb-0.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RwFqUO83beq68DcK4XnVLNQXa/AGIXtvg5oI1onclfslo5JYnX+5zI5d0iP/WmpjxiUOGl0Z1bcO0pNvhA/CdA==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duckdb/-/duckdb-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hD05w83kdDkmRZoKwFK4PiA2fByczPp49rY6cREh23NoVHXJ3I4VpROsW8vNC9Gx7KP7lZpWvT7rQ/MHvrWI5g==",
       "requires": {
         "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.0",
         "node-addon-api": "*",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21f6f84..f417140 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "duckdb-async",
-  "version": "0.7.1",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Promise wrappers for DuckDb NodeJS API",
   "main": "dist/duckdb-async.js",
   "types": "dist/duckdb-async.d.ts",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/motherduckdb/duckdb-async#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "duckdb": "0.7.1"
+    "duckdb": "0.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.2.0",
diff --git a/src/duckdb-async.ts b/src/duckdb-async.ts
index f49336e..4ebd7fa 100644
--- a/src/duckdb-async.ts
+++ b/src/duckdb-async.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ export class Connection {
     return this.conn.stream(sql, ...args);
   }
 
-  arrowIPCStream(sql: any, ...args: any[]): duckdb.IpcResultStreamIterator {
+  arrowIPCStream(
+    sql: any,
+    ...args: any[]
+  ): Promise<duckdb.IpcResultStreamIterator> {
     if (!this.conn) {
       throw new Error("Connection.arrowIPCStream: uninitialized connection");
     }