diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21542599db9..819e9bc735d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -277,3 +277,5 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p => github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.38.3-0.20250211162125-effefc0da5ce
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b1a91b1a20d..18aae339f39 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Iv1GH0sG8DtYN3SVJ2eG221wMiNpZ
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.3/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.2.0 h1:EIZzjmeOE6c8Dav0sNv35vhZxATIXWZg6j/C08XmmDw=
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.2.0/go.mod h1:st3qqfu8+pMfh+9Mzqb2GTiwrAGjIPszEjZmtksN8Jc=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.38.2 h1:9SZQDOCi82A25An4kx30lEtr6kGTxrtoaDkbs5xrK5k=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.38.2/go.mod h1:QWV4zGL3O9nXKdHirIC59DoRcZ446dfkjbOJ55NEWFo=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.38.3-0.20250211162125-effefc0da5ce h1:Q8LoaOeQmuQZHSyjH+4LV7uOPWFY1dY5UHXjd7WYSU8=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.38.3-0.20250211162125-effefc0da5ce/go.mod h1:QWV4zGL3O9nXKdHirIC59DoRcZ446dfkjbOJ55NEWFo=
 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-core v0.2.4/go.mod h1:STh4fdfa5vDYr0/SzYYeqnt+E6KfEV5VxfIrm0bcI0g=