diff --git a/client/rpc/api.go b/client/rpc/api.go
index cb791e7ee2f..c00f6b598a2 100644
--- a/client/rpc/api.go
+++ b/client/rpc/api.go
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	iface "github.com/ipfs/boxo/coreiface"
 	caopts "github.com/ipfs/boxo/coreiface/options"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/merkledag"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	legacy "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 	dagpb "github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb"
 	_ "github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/codec/dagcbor"
 	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/node/basicnode"
@@ -42,6 +48,8 @@ type HttpApi struct {
 	Headers     http.Header
 	applyGlobal func(*requestBuilder)
 	ipldDecoder *legacy.Decoder
+	versionMu   sync.Mutex
+	version     *semver.Version
 }
 
 // NewLocalApi tries to construct new HttpApi instance communicating with local
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ func NewURLApiWithClient(url string, c *http.Client) (*HttpApi, error) {
 	api.httpcli.CheckRedirect = func(_ *http.Request, _ []*http.Request) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected redirect")
 	}
+
 	return api, nil
 }
 
@@ -160,14 +169,19 @@ func (api *HttpApi) WithOptions(opts ...caopts.ApiOption) (iface.CoreAPI, error)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	subApi := *api
-	subApi.applyGlobal = func(req *requestBuilder) {
-		if options.Offline {
-			req.Option("offline", options.Offline)
-		}
+	subApi := &HttpApi{
+		url:     api.url,
+		httpcli: api.httpcli,
+		Headers: api.Headers,
+		applyGlobal: func(req *requestBuilder) {
+			if options.Offline {
+				req.Option("offline", options.Offline)
+			}
+		},
+		ipldDecoder: api.ipldDecoder,
 	}
 
-	return &subApi, nil
+	return subApi, nil
 }
 
 func (api *HttpApi) Request(command string, args ...string) RequestBuilder {
@@ -228,3 +242,36 @@ func (api *HttpApi) PubSub() iface.PubSubAPI {
 func (api *HttpApi) Routing() iface.RoutingAPI {
 	return (*RoutingAPI)(api)
 }
+
+func (api *HttpApi) loadRemoteVersion() (*semver.Version, error) {
+	api.versionMu.Lock()
+	defer api.versionMu.Unlock()
+
+	if api.version == nil {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), time.Now().Add(time.Second*30))
+		defer cancel()
+
+		resp, err := api.Request("version").Send(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if resp.Error != nil {
+			return nil, resp.Error
+		}
+		defer resp.Close()
+		var out ipfs.VersionInfo
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(resp.Output)
+		if err := dec.Decode(&out); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		remoteVersion, err := semver.New(out.Version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		api.version = remoteVersion
+	}
+
+	return api.version, nil
+}
diff --git a/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go b/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
index 63206be4040..e060c19b45f 100644
--- a/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
+++ b/client/rpc/requestbuilder.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
 )
 
@@ -23,13 +24,18 @@ type RequestBuilder interface {
 	Exec(ctx context.Context, res interface{}) error
 }
 
+// encodedAbsolutePathVersion is the version from which the absolute path header in
+// multipart requests is %-encoded. Before this version, its sent raw.
+var encodedAbsolutePathVersion = semver.MustParse("0.23.0-dev")
+
 // requestBuilder is an IPFS commands request builder.
 type requestBuilder struct {
-	command string
-	args    []string
-	opts    map[string]string
-	headers map[string]string
-	body    io.Reader
+	command    string
+	args       []string
+	opts       map[string]string
+	headers    map[string]string
+	body       io.Reader
+	buildError error
 
 	shell *HttpApi
 }
@@ -60,7 +66,18 @@ func (r *requestBuilder) Body(body io.Reader) RequestBuilder {
 func (r *requestBuilder) FileBody(body io.Reader) RequestBuilder {
 	pr, _ := files.NewReaderPathFile("/dev/stdin", io.NopCloser(body), nil)
 	d := files.NewMapDirectory(map[string]files.Node{"": pr})
-	r.body = files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false)
+
+	version, err := r.shell.loadRemoteVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Unfortunately, we cannot return an error here. Changing this API is also
+		// not the best since we would otherwise have an inconsistent RequestBuilder.
+		// We save the error and return it when calling [requestBuilder.Send].
+		r.buildError = err
+		return r
+	}
+
+	useEncodedAbsPaths := version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion)
+	r.body = files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false, useEncodedAbsPaths)
 
 	return r
 }
@@ -97,6 +114,10 @@ func (r *requestBuilder) Header(name, value string) RequestBuilder {
 
 // Send sends the request and return the response.
 func (r *requestBuilder) Send(ctx context.Context) (*Response, error) {
+	if r.buildError != nil {
+		return nil, r.buildError
+	}
+
 	r.shell.applyGlobal(r)
 
 	req := NewRequest(ctx, r.shell.url, r.command, r.args...)
diff --git a/client/rpc/unixfs.go b/client/rpc/unixfs.go
index 2099f190b30..e19deec220c 100644
--- a/client/rpc/unixfs.go
+++ b/client/rpc/unixfs.go
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ func (api *UnixfsAPI) Add(ctx context.Context, f files.Node, opts ...caopts.Unix
 	}
 
 	d := files.NewMapDirectory(map[string]files.Node{"": f}) // unwrapped on the other side
-	req.Body(files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false))
+
+	version, err := api.core().loadRemoteVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	useEncodedAbsPaths := version.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion)
+	req.Body(files.NewMultiFileReader(d, false, useEncodedAbsPaths))
 
 	var out addEvent
 	resp, err := req.Send(ctx)
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/main.go b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
index 10fa66678b5..3909e18162c 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/main.go
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -12,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	u "github.com/ipfs/boxo/util"
 	cmds "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/cli"
 	cmdhttp "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/http"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
+	ipfs "github.com/ipfs/kubo"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/cmd/ipfs/util"
 	oldcmds "github.com/ipfs/kubo/commands"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/core"
@@ -224,6 +229,10 @@ func apiAddrOption(req *cmds.Request) (ma.Multiaddr, error) {
 	return ma.NewMultiaddr(apiAddrStr)
 }
 
+// encodedAbsolutePathVersion is the version from which the absolute path header in
+// multipart requests is %-encoded. Before this version, its sent raw.
+var encodedAbsolutePathVersion = semver.MustParse("0.23.0-dev")
+
 func makeExecutor(req *cmds.Request, env interface{}) (cmds.Executor, error) {
 	exe := tracingWrappedExecutor{cmds.NewExecutor(req.Root)}
 	cctx := env.(*oldcmds.Context)
@@ -315,9 +324,18 @@ func makeExecutor(req *cmds.Request, env interface{}) (cmds.Executor, error) {
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported API address: %s", apiAddr)
 	}
-	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithHTTPClient(&http.Client{
+
+	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Transport: otelhttp.NewTransport(tpt),
-	}))
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithHTTPClient(httpClient))
+
+	// Fetch remove version, as some feature compatibility might change depending on it.
+	remoteVersion, err := getRemoteVersion(tracingWrappedExecutor{cmdhttp.NewClient(host, opts...)})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	opts = append(opts, cmdhttp.ClientWithRawAbsPath(remoteVersion.LT(encodedAbsolutePathVersion)))
 
 	return tracingWrappedExecutor{cmdhttp.NewClient(host, opts...)}, nil
 }
@@ -417,3 +435,40 @@ func resolveAddr(ctx context.Context, addr ma.Multiaddr) (ma.Multiaddr, error) {
 
 	return addrs[0], nil
 }
+
+type nopWriter struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (nw nopWriter) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getRemoteVersion(exe cmds.Executor) (*semver.Version, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), time.Now().Add(time.Second*30))
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := cmds.NewRequest(ctx, []string{"version"}, nil, nil, nil, Root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	re, err := cmds.NewWriterResponseEmitter(nopWriter{&buf}, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = exe.Execute(req, re, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var out ipfs.VersionInfo
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(&buf)
+	if err := dec.Decode(&out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return semver.New(out.Version)
+}
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md b/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
index 641f20f8bb3..c2267a8e198 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/v0.23.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - [🔦 Highlights](#-highlights)
   - [Mplex deprecation](#mplex-deprecation)
   - [Gateway: meaningful CAR responses on Not Found errors](#gateway-meaningful-car-responses-on-not-found-errors)
+  - [Binary characters in file names: no longer works with old clients and new Kubo servers](#binary-characters-in-file-names-no-longer-works-with-old-clients-and-new-kubo-servers)
 - [📝 Changelog](#-changelog)
 - [👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Contributors](#-contributors)
 
@@ -43,6 +44,21 @@ the path does not exist, a CAR will be sent with a root of `bafkqaaa` (empty CID
 This CAR will contain all blocks necessary to validate that the path does not
 exist without having to trust the gateway.
 
+#### Binary characters in file names: no longer works with old clients and new Kubo servers
+
+In this version, we updated Kubo to support Go 1.20+. In Go 1.20, a regression
+regarding multipart headers was [introduced](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/60674).
+This only affects `ipfs add` when a file name has binary characters in its name.
+As a consequence, we had to update the encoding of the file name headers. This is
+the compatibility table:
+
+|            | New Client | Old Client  |
+|------------|------------|-------------|
+| New Server | ✅         | 🟡*         |
+| Old Server | ✅         | ✅          |
+
+*Old clients can only send Unicode file paths to the server.
+
 ### 📝 Changelog
 
 ### 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Contributors
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
index 9aeb6112be7..1539680770d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go 1.20
 replace github.com/ipfs/kubo => ./../../..
 
 require (
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0
 	github.com/ipfs/kubo v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.29.2
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.10.1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-unixfsnode v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33 // indirect
 	github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4 // indirect
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
index acfc47fcba8..2f877d6043a 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13 h1:d2m3sFjloqoIUQU3TsHBgj6qg/BVGlTBeHDUmyJn
 github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13/go.mod h1:ehT5mTG4ua4581f1++1WLG0vPdaA9HaiDsoyrBGkyDY=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.11.3/go.mod h1:wRf/ReqHper53s+kmmSZizM8NamnL3IM0I9ntUbOk+k=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.0/go.mod h1:NeW+ay9A/U67EYXNFA1nPE8e/tnQv/09mUdL/ijj8og=
-github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4 h1:g2rn0vABPOOXmZUj+vbmUp0lPoXEMuhTpIluN0XL9UY=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3 h1:oiMqmivloEHtlCkS+8rCq1Pkz/rf6m3sC45lL4cnwBA=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0 h1:AXHg/1ONZdRQHQLgG5JHsSC3XoE4DjCAMgK+asZvUcQ=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0/go.mod h1:xAnfiU6PtxWCnRqu7dcXQ10bB5/kvI1kXRotuGqGBhg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.2/go.mod h1:AWR46JfpcObNfg3ok2JHDUfdiHRgWhJgCQF+KIgOPJY=
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0 h1:9nYazfyu9B1p3NAgfVdpRco3Fs2nFC72DqVsMj6
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ANzFhfP2uMJxRBr8CE+WQWs5UsNa0pYtmKZ+agnUw9s=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.11.0/go.mod h1:+WIAkokurHmZ/KwzDOMUuoeJgaRQktHtEaLglS3ZeV8=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.14.1/go.mod h1:QcE4Y9n/ZZr8Ijg5bGPT0GqYWgZ1704nH0RDcQtgTP0=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0 h1:Ud3VwE9ClxpO2LkCYP7vWPc0Fo+dYdYzgxUJZ3uRG4g=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0/go.mod h1:PzqZ/ZR981eKbgdr3y2DJYeD/8bgMawdGVlJDE8kK+M=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0 h1:n4JmcpOlPDIxBcY037SVfpd1G+Sj1nKZah0m6QH9C2E=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3RLqy//ERg/y5oShXXdx5YIp50cFGOanyMctpPjsvxQ=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/bsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd h1:gMlw/MhNr2Wtp5RwGdsW23cs+yCuj9k2ON7i9MiJlRo=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 h1:KzKSgb7qkJvOUTqYl9/Hg/me3pWgBmERKrTGD7BdWus=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:QPH045xvCAeXUZOxsnwmrtiCoxIr9eob+4orBN1SBKc=
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ github.com/viant/toolbox v0.24.0/go.mod h1:OxMCG57V0PXuIP2HNQrtJf2CjqdmbrOx5EkMI
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.9.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
-github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.11.0 h1:J6LnV8KpceDvo7spaNU4+DauH2n1x+6RaO2rJrmpQ9U=
+github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.12.1 h1:rMgCpJfwy1sJ50x0M0NgyphxYYPMOODIJHhsXyEHU0s=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20180510122957-5ad1f5abf436/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20220906213052-39a1cc7a02d0 h1:GDDkbFiaK8jsSDJfjId/PEGEShv6ugrt4kYsC5UIDaQ=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 129b2926a05..b0dded11845 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7
 	github.com/ipfs/go-graphsync v0.14.4
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.10.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-git v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.2.1
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipld/go-car v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33
 	github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0
-	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0
+	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0
 	github.com/jbenet/go-random v0.0.0-20190219211222-123a90aedc0c
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/AndreasBriese/bbloom v0.0.0-20190825152654-46b345b51c96 // indirect
 	github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20211218093645-b94a6e3cc137 // indirect
 	github.com/alexbrainman/goissue34681 v0.0.0-20191006012335-3fc7a47baff5 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/zeroconf/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7dac8bc22c4..6e4845f9906 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1 h1:6HgRolFZnsdfzRUj+ImB9og1JYOxQoReSywkHOGSaUU=
 github.com/Jorropo/jsync v1.0.1/go.mod h1:jCOZj3vrBCri3bSU3ErUYvevKlnbssrXeCivybS5ABQ=
-github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1 h1:EJiD2VUQyh5A9hWJLmc6iWg6yIcJ7jpBcwC8GMGXfDk=
-github.com/Kubuxu/go-os-helper v0.0.1/go.mod h1:N8B+I7vPCT80IcP58r50u4+gEEcsZETFUpAzWW2ep1Y=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2 h1:KMrpdQIwFcEqXDklaen+P1axHaj9BSKzvpUUfnHldSE=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBAUSII=
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13 h1:d2m3sFjloqoIUQU3TsHBgj6qg/BVGlTBeHDUmyJn
 github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13/go.mod h1:ehT5mTG4ua4581f1++1WLG0vPdaA9HaiDsoyrBGkyDY=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.11.3/go.mod h1:wRf/ReqHper53s+kmmSZizM8NamnL3IM0I9ntUbOk+k=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.0/go.mod h1:NeW+ay9A/U67EYXNFA1nPE8e/tnQv/09mUdL/ijj8og=
-github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4 h1:g2rn0vABPOOXmZUj+vbmUp0lPoXEMuhTpIluN0XL9UY=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
@@ -337,8 +335,8 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3 h1:oiMqmivloEHtlCkS+8rCq1Pkz/rf6m3sC45lL4cnwBA=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0 h1:AXHg/1ONZdRQHQLgG5JHsSC3XoE4DjCAMgK+asZvUcQ=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0/go.mod h1:xAnfiU6PtxWCnRqu7dcXQ10bB5/kvI1kXRotuGqGBhg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0 h1:j1WVvhDX1yhG32NTC9xfxnqycqYIlhzEzLXG/cU1HyQ=
@@ -383,8 +381,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.0 h1:m2EXaWgwTzAfsmt5UdJ7Is6l4gJcaM/A12X
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.0/go.mod h1:KgtZyc9fq+P2xJUiCAzbRdhhqJHvsw8u2Dlqy2MyRTE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1 h1:Eh/H4pc1hsvhzsQoMEP3Bke/aW5P5rVM1IWFJMcGIPQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker v0.0.5 h1:ojCf7HV/m+uS2vhUGWcogIIxiO5ubl5O57Q7NapWLY8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0 h1:K0VcXg1l1k6aY6sHnoxYcyimyJQbcV1ueXuWgThmK9Q=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.9.0/go.mod h1:SBFHK8WNwC416QWH9Vz1Ql42SSMAOqKpaHUMBu3jpLo=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.10.0 h1:ZB4+RgYaH4UARfJY0uLKl5UXgApqnRjKbuCiJVcErYk=
+github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.10.0/go.mod h1:sX5d7jkCft9XLPnkgEfXY0z2UBOB5g6fh/obBS0enJE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.0-20181109222059-70721b86a9a8/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 h1:r/UXYyRcddO6thwOnhiznIAiSvxMECGgtv35Xs1IeRQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
@@ -446,8 +444,8 @@ github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0 h1:9nYazfyu9B1p3NAgfVdpRco3Fs2nFC72DqVsMj6
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ANzFhfP2uMJxRBr8CE+WQWs5UsNa0pYtmKZ+agnUw9s=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.11.0/go.mod h1:+WIAkokurHmZ/KwzDOMUuoeJgaRQktHtEaLglS3ZeV8=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.14.1/go.mod h1:QcE4Y9n/ZZr8Ijg5bGPT0GqYWgZ1704nH0RDcQtgTP0=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0 h1:Ud3VwE9ClxpO2LkCYP7vWPc0Fo+dYdYzgxUJZ3uRG4g=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0/go.mod h1:PzqZ/ZR981eKbgdr3y2DJYeD/8bgMawdGVlJDE8kK+M=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0 h1:n4JmcpOlPDIxBcY037SVfpd1G+Sj1nKZah0m6QH9C2E=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3RLqy//ERg/y5oShXXdx5YIp50cFGOanyMctpPjsvxQ=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/storage/bsadapter v0.0.0-20230102063945-1a409dc236dd h1:gMlw/MhNr2Wtp5RwGdsW23cs+yCuj9k2ON7i9MiJlRo=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 h1:KzKSgb7qkJvOUTqYl9/Hg/me3pWgBmERKrTGD7BdWus=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:QPH045xvCAeXUZOxsnwmrtiCoxIr9eob+4orBN1SBKc=
@@ -572,12 +570,14 @@ github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd h1:br0buuQ854V8
 github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd/go.mod h1:QuCEs1Nt24+FYQEqAAncTDPJIuGs+LxK1MCiFL25pMU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 h1:snbPLB8fVfU9iwbbo30TPtbLRzwWu6aJS6Xh4eaaviA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 h1:6Su7aK7lXmJ/U79bYtBjLNaha4Fs1Rg9plHpcH+vvnE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ github.com/viant/toolbox v0.24.0/go.mod h1:OxMCG57V0PXuIP2HNQrtJf2CjqdmbrOx5EkMI
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.9.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
-github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.11.0 h1:J6LnV8KpceDvo7spaNU4+DauH2n1x+6RaO2rJrmpQ9U=
+github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.12.1 h1:rMgCpJfwy1sJ50x0M0NgyphxYYPMOODIJHhsXyEHU0s=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20180510122957-5ad1f5abf436/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20220906213052-39a1cc7a02d0 h1:GDDkbFiaK8jsSDJfjId/PEGEShv6ugrt4kYsC5UIDaQ=
diff --git a/test/cli/content_routing_http_test.go b/test/cli/content_routing_http_test.go
index 2734e26003d..01b602bb7ed 100644
--- a/test/cli/content_routing_http_test.go
+++ b/test/cli/content_routing_http_test.go
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipns"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/routing/http/server"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/routing/http/types"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/routing/http/types/iter"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/test/cli/harness"
 	"github.com/ipfs/kubo/test/cli/testutils"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/routing"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -45,6 +47,14 @@ func (r *fakeHTTPContentRouter) Provide(ctx context.Context, req *server.WritePr
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (r *fakeHTTPContentRouter) FindIPNSRecord(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name) (*ipns.Record, error) {
+	return nil, routing.ErrNotSupported
+}
+
+func (r *fakeHTTPContentRouter) ProvideIPNSRecord(ctx context.Context, name ipns.Name, rec *ipns.Record) error {
+	return routing.ErrNotSupported
+}
+
 func (r *fakeHTTPContentRouter) numFindProvidersCalls() int {
 	r.m.Lock()
 	defer r.m.Unlock()
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.mod b/test/dependencies/go.mod
index 2b3a1536d6d..7a99935a3f0 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.mod
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replace github.com/ipfs/kubo => ../../
 require (
 	github.com/Kubuxu/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20161216165753-7ecaa51963cd
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.54.1
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.6.0
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/hang-fds v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/iptb v1.4.0
 	github.com/ipfs/iptb-plugins v0.5.0
-	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0
+	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0
 	github.com/jbenet/go-random v0.0.0-20190219211222-123a90aedc0c
 	github.com/jbenet/go-random-files v0.0.0-20190219210431-31b3f20ebded
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.29.2
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.sum b/test/dependencies/go.sum
index 5c7a860aa8b..dbe3b4faf3f 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.sum
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.sum
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ github.com/flynn/noise v1.0.0 h1:DlTHqmzmvcEiKj+4RYo/imoswx/4r6iBlCMfVtrMXpQ=
 github.com/flynn/noise v1.0.0/go.mod h1:xbMo+0i6+IGbYdJhF31t2eR1BIU0CYc12+BNAKwUTag=
 github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13 h1:d2m3sFjloqoIUQU3TsHBgj6qg/BVGlTBeHDUmyJnXKk=
 github.com/francoispqt/gojay v1.2.13/go.mod h1:ehT5mTG4ua4581f1++1WLG0vPdaA9HaiDsoyrBGkyDY=
-github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.4 h1:g2rn0vABPOOXmZUj+vbmUp0lPoXEMuhTpIluN0XL9UY=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3 h1:oiMqmivloEHtlCkS+8rCq1Pkz/rf6m3sC45lL4cnwBA=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.1-0.20230818062747-654231b2bda3/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0 h1:AXHg/1ONZdRQHQLgG5JHsSC3XoE4DjCAMgK+asZvUcQ=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.12.0/go.mod h1:xAnfiU6PtxWCnRqu7dcXQ10bB5/kvI1kXRotuGqGBhg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2 h1:GAjkfhVx1f4YTODS6Esrj1wt2HhrtwTnhEr+DyPUaJo=
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ github.com/ipld/go-car v0.5.0 h1:kcCEa3CvYMs0iE5BzD5sV7O2EwMiCIp3uF8tA6APQT8=
 github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33 h1:0OZwzSYWIuiKEOXd/2vm5cMcEmmGLFn+1h6lHELCm3s=
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0 h1:9nYazfyu9B1p3NAgfVdpRco3Fs2nFC72DqVsMj6rOcc=
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ANzFhfP2uMJxRBr8CE+WQWs5UsNa0pYtmKZ+agnUw9s=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0 h1:Ud3VwE9ClxpO2LkCYP7vWPc0Fo+dYdYzgxUJZ3uRG4g=
-github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0/go.mod h1:PzqZ/ZR981eKbgdr3y2DJYeD/8bgMawdGVlJDE8kK+M=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0 h1:n4JmcpOlPDIxBcY037SVfpd1G+Sj1nKZah0m6QH9C2E=
+github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3RLqy//ERg/y5oShXXdx5YIp50cFGOanyMctpPjsvxQ=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 h1:KzKSgb7qkJvOUTqYl9/Hg/me3pWgBmERKrTGD7BdWus=
 github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:QPH045xvCAeXUZOxsnwmrtiCoxIr9eob+4orBN1SBKc=
 github.com/jbenet/go-cienv v0.1.0/go.mod h1:TqNnHUmJgXau0nCzC7kXWeotg3J9W34CUv5Djy1+FlA=
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ github.com/uudashr/gocognit v1.0.7 h1:e9aFXgKgUJrQ5+bs61zBigmj7bFJ/5cC6HmMahVzuD
 github.com/uudashr/gocognit v1.0.7/go.mod h1:nAIUuVBnYU7pcninia3BHOvQkpQCeO76Uscky5BOwcY=
 github.com/viant/assertly v0.4.8/go.mod h1:aGifi++jvCrUaklKEKT0BU95igDNaqkvz+49uaYMPRU=
 github.com/viant/toolbox v0.24.0/go.mod h1:OxMCG57V0PXuIP2HNQrtJf2CjqdmbrOx5EkMILuUhzM=
-github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.11.0 h1:J6LnV8KpceDvo7spaNU4+DauH2n1x+6RaO2rJrmpQ9U=
+github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.12.1 h1:rMgCpJfwy1sJ50x0M0NgyphxYYPMOODIJHhsXyEHU0s=
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diff --git a/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh b/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
index 3d50a2e62bf..3b2281894ad 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0235-cli-request.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,22 @@ test_expect_success "can make http request against nc server" '
   ipfs cat /ipfs/Qmabcdef --api /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5005 &
   IPFSPID=$!
 
-  # handle request
+  # handle request for /api/v0/version
+  while read line; do
+    if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "$line"
+  done <&7 >nc_out &&
+
+  echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Type: application/json\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Length: 21\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "{\"Version\":\"0.23.0\"}\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+
+  # handle request for /api/v0/cat
   while read line; do
     if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
       break
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh b/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
index eddbc93da49..b4213183401 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0236-cli-api-dns-resolve.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,22 @@ test_expect_success "can make http request against dns resolved nc server" '
   ipfs cat /ipfs/Qmabcdef --api /dns4/localhost/tcp/5006 &
   IPFSPID=$!
 
-  # handle request
+  # handle request for /api/v0/version
+  while read line; do
+    if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "$line"
+  done <&7 >nc_out &&
+
+  echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Type: application/json\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "Content-Length: 21\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "{\"Version\":\"0.23.0\"}\r" >&6 &&
+  echo -e "\r" >&6 &&
+
+  # handle request for /api/v0/cat
   while read line; do
     if [[ "$line" == "$(echo -e "\r")" ]]; then
       break