diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1984b4fdf67..0f6eacce5c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-identity"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 dependencies = [
  "asn1_der",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ef9a500820..38a7d0881c0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ libp2p-dns = { version = "0.41.1", path = "transports/dns" }
 libp2p-floodsub = { version = "0.44.0", path = "protocols/floodsub" }
 libp2p-gossipsub = { version = "0.46.1", path = "protocols/gossipsub" }
 libp2p-identify = { version = "0.44.2", path = "protocols/identify" }
-libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.8" }
+libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.9", path = "identity" }
 libp2p-kad = { version = "0.46.0", path = "protocols/kad" }
 libp2p-mdns = { version = "0.45.1", path = "protocols/mdns" }
 libp2p-memory-connection-limits = { version = "0.2.0", path = "misc/memory-connection-limits" }