diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06bdd11..8908992 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@libp2p/components": "^3.0.0",
     "@libp2p/interface-connection": "^3.0.1",
-    "@libp2p/interface-stream-muxer": "^2.0.2",
+    "@libp2p/interface-stream-muxer": "^3.0.0",
     "@libp2p/logger": "^2.0.1",
     "@libp2p/tracked-map": "^2.0.2",
     "abortable-iterator": "^4.0.2",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@dapplion/benchmark": "^0.2.2",
     "@libp2p/interface-stream-muxer-compliance-tests": "^5.0.0",
-    "@libp2p/mplex": "^5.1.1",
+    "@libp2p/mplex": "^6.0.2",
     "aegir": "^37.3.0",
     "it-drain": "^1.0.5",
     "it-pair": "2.0.3",
diff --git a/test/bench/comparison.bench.ts b/test/bench/comparison.bench.ts
index 238332d..00188d0 100644
--- a/test/bench/comparison.bench.ts
+++ b/test/bench/comparison.bench.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('comparison benchmark', () => {
           }
         }),
         fn: async ({ client, server }) => {
-          const stream = client.newStream()
+          const stream = await client.newStream()
           await pipe(Array.from({ length: numMessages }, () => new Uint8Array(msgSize)), stream, drain)
         }
       })