diff --git a/.pinned b/.pinned
index f85d7a2e5..3397fbbad 100644
--- a/.pinned
+++ b/.pinned
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-bearssl;https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl@#25009951ff8e0006171d566e3c7dc73a8231c2ed
+bearssl;https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl@#f4c4233de453cb7eac0ce3f3ffad6496295f83ab
 chronicles;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles@#32ac8679680ea699f7dbc046e8e0131cac97d41a
-chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#41b82cdea34744148600b67a9154331b76181189
-dnsclient;https://github.com/ba0f3/dnsclient.nim@#4960de2b345f567b12f09a08e9967af104ab39a3
-faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#49e2c52eb5dda46b1c9c10d079abe7bffe6cea89
-httputils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils@#f83fbce4d6ec7927b75be3f85e4fa905fcb69788
+chronos;https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos@#9df76c39df254c7ff0cec6dec5c9f345f2819c91
+dnsclient;https://github.com/ba0f3/dnsclient.nim@#6647ca8bd9ffcc13adaecb9cb6453032063967db
+faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#6112432b3a81d9db116cd5d64c39648881cfff29
+httputils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils@#e88e231dfcef4585fe3b2fbd9b664dbd28a88040
 json_serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization@#e5b18fb710c3d0167ec79f3b892f5a7a1bc6d1a4
-metrics;https://github.com/status-im/nim-metrics@#9070af9c830e93e5239ddc488cd65aa6f609ba73
+metrics;https://github.com/status-im/nim-metrics@#0a6477268e850d7bc98347b3875301524871765f
 nimcrypto;https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto@#24e006df85927f64916e60511620583b11403178
-secp256k1;https://github.com/status-im/nim-secp256k1@#5340cf188168d6afcafc8023770d880f067c0b2f
+secp256k1;https://github.com/status-im/nim-secp256k1@#c7f1a37d9b0f17292649bfed8bf6cef83cf4221f
 serialization;https://github.com/status-im/nim-serialization@#493d18b8292fc03aa4f835fd825dea1183f97466
-stew;https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew@#598246620da5c41d0e92a8dd6aab0755381b21cd
+stew;https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew@#f2e58ba4c8da65548c824e4fa8732db9739f6505
 testutils;https://github.com/status-im/nim-testutils@#dfc4c1b39f9ded9baf6365014de2b4bfb4dafc34
 unittest2;https://github.com/status-im/nim-unittest2@#f180f596c88dfd266f746ed6f8dbebce39c824db
-websock;https://github.com/status-im/nim-websock@#8a72c0f7690802753b1d59887745b1ce1f0c8b3d
+websock;https://github.com/status-im/nim-websock@#2424f2b215c0546f97d8b147e21544521c7545b0
 zlib;https://github.com/status-im/nim-zlib@#6a6670afba6b97b29b920340e2641978c05ab4d8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libp2p.nimble b/libp2p.nimble
index bc83ef8eb..eb661d84e 100644
--- a/libp2p.nimble
+++ b/libp2p.nimble
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ skipDirs      = @["tests", "examples", "Nim", "tools", "scripts", "docs"]
 
 requires "nim >= 1.2.0",
          "nimcrypto >= 0.4.1",
-         "dnsclient >= 0.1.2",
+         "dnsclient >= 0.3.0 & < 0.4.0",
          "bearssl >= 0.1.4",
          "chronicles >= 0.10.2",
          "chronos >= 3.0.6",
diff --git a/libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver.nim b/libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver.nim
index 51be45624..a638b2545 100644
--- a/libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver.nim
+++ b/libp2p/nameresolving/dnsresolver.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else:
 
 import
   std/[streams, strutils, sets, sequtils],
-  chronos, chronicles,
+  chronos, chronicles, stew/byteutils,
   dnsclientpkg/[protocol, types]
 
 import
@@ -76,15 +76,11 @@ proc getDnsResponse(
     if not receivedDataFuture.finished:
       raise newException(IOError, "DNS server timeout")
 
-    var
-      rawResponse = sock.getMessage()
-      dataStream = newStringStream()
-    dataStream.writeData(addr rawResponse[0], rawResponse.len)
-    dataStream.setPosition(0)
+    let rawResponse = sock.getMessage()
     # parseResponse can has a raises: [Exception, ..] because of
     # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/commit/035134de429b5d99c5607c5fae912762bebb6008
     # it can't actually raise though
-    return parseResponse(dataStream)
+    return parseResponse(string.fromBytes(rawResponse))
   except CatchableError as exc: raise exc
   except Exception as exc: raiseAssert exc.msg
   finally:
@@ -118,7 +114,14 @@ method resolveIp*(
       try:
         let resp = await fut
         for answer in resp.answers:
-          resolvedAddresses.incl(answer.toString())
+          # toString can has a raises: [Exception, ..] because of
+          # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/commit/035134de429b5d99c5607c5fae912762bebb6008
+          # it can't actually raise though
+          resolvedAddresses.incl(
+            try: answer.toString()
+            except CatchableError as exc: raise exc
+            except Exception as exc: raiseAssert exc.msg
+          )
       except CancelledError as e:
         raise e
       except ValueError as e:
@@ -158,6 +161,11 @@ method resolveTxt*(
       self.nameServers.add(self.nameServers[0])
       self.nameServers.delete(0)
       continue
+    except Exception as e:
+      # toString can has a raises: [Exception, ..] because of
+      # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/commit/035134de429b5d99c5607c5fae912762bebb6008
+      # it can't actually raise though
+      raiseAssert e.msg
 
   debug "Failed to resolve TXT, returning empty set"
   return @[]