diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bf70daf4..979911e4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ The following emojis are used to highlight certain changes:
 
 ### Changed
 
+- upgrade to `go-libp2p-kad-dht` [v0.33.1](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/releases/tag/v0.33.1)
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index b1f7ba849..14dbed641 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-doh-resolver v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0 // indirect
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/go.sum b/examples/go.sum
index ec191df8c..a7fb9a775 100644
--- a/examples/go.sum
+++ b/examples/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.41.1 h1:8ecNQVT5ev/jqALTvisSJeVNvXYJyK4NhQx1nNRXQ
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.41.1/go.mod h1:DcGTovJzQl/I7HMrby5ZRjeD0kQkGiy+9w6aEkSZpRI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1 h1:xqL7++IKD9TBFMgnLPZR6/6iYhawHKHl950SO9L6n94=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1/go.mod h1:d/NI6XZ9qxw67b4e+NgpQexCIiFYJjErASrYW4PFDN8=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0 h1:lB6JFgLpsfEKTmcy27sPFulexEZMeN40zRsmIx8aFcw=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0/go.mod h1:CdmNk4VeGJa9EXM9SLNyNVySEvduKvb+5rSC/H4pLAo=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1 h1:hKFhHMf7WH69LDjaxsJUWOU6qZm71uO47M/a5ijkiP0=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1/go.mod h1:CdmNk4VeGJa9EXM9SLNyNVySEvduKvb+5rSC/H4pLAo=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 h1:vYDvRjkyJPeWunQXqcW2Z6E93Ywx7fX0jgzb/dGOKCs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0/go.mod h1:blOINGIj1yiPYlVEX0Rj9QwEkmVnz3EP8LK1dRKBC6g=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 20e6425e8..b3960cda7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-doh-resolver v0.5.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.41.1
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers v0.7.5
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0d6756ccf..9fcd489c6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.41.1 h1:8ecNQVT5ev/jqALTvisSJeVNvXYJyK4NhQx1nNRXQ
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.41.1/go.mod h1:DcGTovJzQl/I7HMrby5ZRjeD0kQkGiy+9w6aEkSZpRI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1 h1:xqL7++IKD9TBFMgnLPZR6/6iYhawHKHl950SO9L6n94=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.4.1/go.mod h1:d/NI6XZ9qxw67b4e+NgpQexCIiFYJjErASrYW4PFDN8=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0 h1:lB6JFgLpsfEKTmcy27sPFulexEZMeN40zRsmIx8aFcw=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.0/go.mod h1:CdmNk4VeGJa9EXM9SLNyNVySEvduKvb+5rSC/H4pLAo=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1 h1:hKFhHMf7WH69LDjaxsJUWOU6qZm71uO47M/a5ijkiP0=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht v0.33.1/go.mod h1:CdmNk4VeGJa9EXM9SLNyNVySEvduKvb+5rSC/H4pLAo=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0 h1:vYDvRjkyJPeWunQXqcW2Z6E93Ywx7fX0jgzb/dGOKCs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket v0.7.0/go.mod h1:blOINGIj1yiPYlVEX0Rj9QwEkmVnz3EP8LK1dRKBC6g=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-record v0.3.1 h1:cly48Xi5GjNw5Wq+7gmjfBiG9HCzQVkiZOUZ8kUl+Fg=