diff --git a/benchmarks/add-dir/package.json b/benchmarks/add-dir/package.json
index 8f655f9a..e5a5d072 100644
--- a/benchmarks/add-dir/package.json
+++ b/benchmarks/add-dir/package.json
@@ -12,26 +12,26 @@
     "start": "npm run build && node dist/src/index.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^11.0.0",
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^3.0.5",
+    "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^14.1.0",
+    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^6.0.1",
     "@helia/unixfs": "^1.4.0",
     "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.2",
-    "@libp2p/websockets": "^5.0.3",
-    "aegir": "^39.0.4",
+    "@libp2p/websockets": "^8.0.9",
+    "aegir": "^41.3.5",
     "blockstore-fs": "^1.0.1",
     "datastore-level": "^10.0.1",
-    "execa": "^7.0.0",
-    "helia": "^1.0.0",
+    "execa": "^8.0.1",
+    "helia": "^2.1.0",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.18.0",
     "ipfs-unixfs-importer": "^15.1.5",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "^13.0.0",
-    "it-all": "^2.0.0",
-    "it-drain": "^2.0.0",
-    "it-map": "^2.0.1",
-    "kubo": "^0.22.0",
+    "it-all": "^3.0.4",
+    "it-drain": "^3.0.5",
+    "it-map": "^3.0.5",
+    "kubo": "^0.25.0",
     "kubo-rpc-client": "^3.0.1",
-    "libp2p": "^0.43.0",
-    "multiformats": "^11.0.1",
+    "libp2p": "^1.1.0",
+    "multiformats": "^13.0.0",
     "tinybench": "^2.4.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/gc/package.json b/benchmarks/gc/package.json
index 199747ba..9bea5490 100644
--- a/benchmarks/gc/package.json
+++ b/benchmarks/gc/package.json
@@ -10,25 +10,21 @@
     "start": "npm run build && node dist/src/index.js"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^12.0.0",
-    "@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux": "^4.0.2",
-    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.3",
-    "@libp2p/websockets": "^6.0.1",
-    "aegir": "^39.0.4",
-    "blockstore-fs": "^1.0.1",
-    "datastore-level": "^10.0.1",
-    "execa": "^7.0.0",
-    "helia": "^1.0.0",
+    "@ipld/dag-pb": "^4.0.6",
+    "aegir": "^41.2.0",
+    "blockstore-fs": "^1.1.8",
+    "datastore-level": "^10.1.5",
+    "execa": "^8.0.1",
+    "helia": "^2.1.0",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.18.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "^13.0.0",
-    "it-all": "^3.0.2",
-    "it-drain": "^3.0.1",
-    "it-map": "^3.0.3",
-    "kubo": "^0.22.0",
-    "kubo-rpc-client": "^3.0.1",
-    "libp2p": "^0.45.2",
-    "multiformats": "^11.0.1",
-    "tinybench": "^2.4.0"
+    "it-all": "^3.0.4",
+    "it-drain": "^3.0.5",
+    "it-map": "^3.0.5",
+    "kubo": "^0.25.0",
+    "kubo-rpc-client": "^3.0.2",
+    "multiformats": "^13.0.0",
+    "tinybench": "^2.5.1"
   },
   "private": true
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/gc/src/helia.ts b/benchmarks/gc/src/helia.ts
index 37603527..0100557f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/gc/src/helia.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/gc/src/helia.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import os from 'node:os'
 import path from 'node:path'
-import { noise } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-noise'
-import { yamux } from '@chainsafe/libp2p-yamux'
 import * as dagPb from '@ipld/dag-pb'
-import { webSockets } from '@libp2p/websockets'
 import { FsBlockstore } from 'blockstore-fs'
 import { LevelDatastore } from 'datastore-level'
 import { createHelia, type DAGWalker } from 'helia'
 import all from 'it-all'
 import drain from 'it-drain'
 import map from 'it-map'
-import { createLibp2p } from 'libp2p'
 import type { GcBenchmark } from './index.js'
 
 const dagPbWalker: DAGWalker = {
@@ -28,17 +24,11 @@ export async function createHeliaBenchmark (): Promise<GcBenchmark> {
   const helia = await createHelia({
     blockstore: new FsBlockstore(`${repoPath}/blocks`),
     datastore: new LevelDatastore(`${repoPath}/data`),
-    libp2p: await createLibp2p({
-      transports: [
-        webSockets()
-      ],
-      connectionEncryption: [
-        noise()
-      ],
-      streamMuxers: [
-        yamux()
-      ]
-    }),
+    libp2p: {
+      addresses: {
+        listen: []
+      }
+    },
     dagWalkers: [
       dagPbWalker
     ],
diff --git a/benchmarks/gc/src/index.ts b/benchmarks/gc/src/index.ts
index f827b9c1..bb7b7b41 100644
--- a/benchmarks/gc/src/index.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/gc/src/index.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ async function main (): Promise<void> {
   await suite.run()
 
   if (process.env.INCREMENT != null) {
-    if (process.env.ITERATION === '1') {
+    if (process.env.ITERATIONS === '1') {
       console.info('implementation, count, clear pins (ms), add blocks (ms), add pins (ms), gc (ms)')
     }