diff --git a/.pinned b/.pinned
index f1f41f3e0..bea599d25 100644
--- a/.pinned
+++ b/.pinned
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ faststreams;https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams@#49e2c52eb5dda46b1c9c10
 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@#0a6477268e850d7bc98347b3875301524871765f
-ngtcp2;https://github.com/status-im/nim-ngtcp2@#fe5e54ee6ccd98ba5a5f162db886371d97d7d5a4
+ngtcp2;https://github.com/status-im/nim-ngtcp2@#76bf92475f55728ff55a2a19b45a5fcbb4faa2ab
 nimcrypto;https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto@#24e006df85927f64916e60511620583b11403178
-quic;https://github.com/status-im/nim-quic.git@#084413c986de1e3e61700b802bf3a8ea4f270f7f
+quic;https://github.com/status-im/nim-quic.git@#26b1c76f8574883e385f8650090a74d33cc9d0fa
 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@#018760954a1530b7336aed7133393908875d860f
diff --git a/libp2p/transports/quictransport.nim b/libp2p/transports/quictransport.nim
index d9de5548b..9715aae9b 100644
--- a/libp2p/transports/quictransport.nim
+++ b/libp2p/transports/quictransport.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export multicodec
 export connection
 export transport
 
-{.push raises: [Defect].}
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
 
 logScope:
   topics = "libp2p quictransport"
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ proc identify(
   ) {.async, gcsafe.} =
   # new stream for identify
   let muxer = QuicMuxer(quicSession: conn, connection: conn)
-  muxer.streamHandler = proc(conn: P2PConnection) {.async, gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+  muxer.streamHandler = proc(conn: P2PConnection) {.async, gcsafe.} =
     trace "Starting stream handler"
     try:
       await self.ms.handle(conn) # handle incoming connection