diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e86d93ce7..d273d0c419 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "libp2p-circuit": "~0.3.0",
     "libp2p-delegated-content-routing": "~0.2.2",
     "libp2p-delegated-peer-routing": "~0.2.2",
-    "libp2p-kad-dht": "~0.14.2",
+    "libp2p-kad-dht": "~0.14.5",
     "libp2p-mdns": "~0.12.0",
     "libp2p-mplex": "~0.8.4",
     "libp2p-secio": "~0.11.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 986e953281..cbbfbdc1da 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -404,7 +404,10 @@ class Node extends EventEmitter {
         // have to set started here because DHT requires libp2p is already started
         this._isStarted = true
         if (this._dht) {
-          this._dht.start(cb)
+          this._dht.start(() => {
+            this._dht.on('peer', (peerInfo) => this.emit('peer:discovery', peerInfo))
+            cb()
+          })
         } else {
           cb()
         }