diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7cb775..0d019dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
   ],
   "main": "src/OrbitDB.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cids": "^1.0.0",
     "ipfs-pubsub-1on1": "~0.0.6",
     "is-node": "^1.0.2",
     "localstorage-down": "^0.6.7",
     "logplease": "^1.2.14",
+    "multiformats": "^9.4.7",
     "multihashes": "~3.0.1",
     "orbit-db-access-controllers": "github:tabcat/orbit-db-access-controllers#upgrade-ipfs",
     "orbit-db-cache": "~0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/orbit-db-address.js b/src/orbit-db-address.js
index 5bfcd6a..acc38b0 100644
--- a/src/orbit-db-address.js
+++ b/src/orbit-db-address.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 const path = require('path')
-const CID = require('cids')
+const { CID } = require('multiformats/cid')
 
 const notEmpty = e => e !== '' && e !== ' '
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class OrbitDBAddress {
 
     try {
       accessControllerHash = validateHash(parts[0])
-        ? new CID(parts[0]).toBaseEncodedString()
+        ? CID.parse(parts[0]).toString()
         : null
     } catch (e) {
       return false