diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 769d31cc2..0f2086c1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "go-ipfs-dep": "^0.4.13",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "hapi": "^17.2.3",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.56.5",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.58.0",
     "ipfs": "~0.28.2",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.30.1",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
diff --git a/src/utils/clean-cid.js b/src/utils/clean-cid.js
index f73a1e004..dbc8386ee 100644
--- a/src/utils/clean-cid.js
+++ b/src/utils/clean-cid.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ module.exports = function (cid) {
   if (Buffer.isBuffer(cid)) {
     cid = bs58.encode(cid)
   }
+  if (CID.isCID(cid)) {
+    cid = cid.toBaseEncodedString()
+  }
   if (typeof cid !== 'string') {
     throw new Error('unexpected cid type: ' + typeof cid)
   }