diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63043f15f..791cf2ed3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api
 
 require (
 	github.com/cheekybits/is v0.0.0-20150225183255-68e9c0620927
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.1
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.4
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-metrics v0.0.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer v0.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e2df844c4..1c6874b5b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ github.com/gxed/hashland/murmur3 v0.0.1/go.mod h1:KjXop02n4/ckmZSnY2+HKcLud/tcmv
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.1 h1:OroTsI58plHGX70HPLKy6LQhPR3HZJ5ip61fYlo6POM=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.1/go.mod h1:INEFm0LL2LWXBhNJ2PMIIb2w45hpXgPjNoE7yA8Y1d4=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.4 h1:WzRCivcybUQch/Qh6v8LBRhKtRsjnwyiuOV09mK7mrE=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.4/go.mod h1:INEFm0LL2LWXBhNJ2PMIIb2w45hpXgPjNoE7yA8Y1d4=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.1 h1:Wz9bL2wB2YBJqggkA4dD7oSmqB4cAnpNbGrlHJulv50=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.1/go.mod h1:spsl5z8KUnrve+73pOhSVZND1SIxPW5RyBCNzQxlJBc=
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=