diff --git a/datastore/badger/config.go b/datastore/badger/config.go
index 2f6ede0d..244ecd07 100644
--- a/datastore/badger/config.go
+++ b/datastore/badger/config.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/options"
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/config"
diff --git a/datastore/badger3/config.go b/datastore/badger3/config.go
index adf28d4e..198aff40 100644
--- a/datastore/badger3/config.go
+++ b/datastore/badger3/config.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3/options"
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/config"
diff --git a/datastore/leveldb/config.go b/datastore/leveldb/config.go
index 6f0cdf36..2007a954 100644
--- a/datastore/leveldb/config.go
+++ b/datastore/leveldb/config.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/config"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 	goleveldb "github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/opt"
diff --git a/datastore/pebble/config.go b/datastore/pebble/config.go
index 4504a64a..95e2548d 100644
--- a/datastore/pebble/config.go
+++ b/datastore/pebble/config.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"dario.cat/mergo"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/pebble/bloom"
-	"github.com/imdario/mergo"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/config"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ff67cd3d..dd720ad1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster
 require (
 	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/jaeger v0.2.1
 	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.4.2
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230227185959-8285e8dd5c08
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft v1.3.11
 	github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb v0.0.0-20190605210249-ef2e128ed477
 	github.com/hsanjuan/ipfs-lite v1.8.0
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13
 	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3ef8623e..83255060 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/jaeger v0.2.1 h1:yGBYzYMewVL0yO9qqJv3Z5+IRhPdU
 contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/jaeger v0.2.1/go.mod h1:Y8IsLgdxqh1QxYxPC5IgXVmBaeLUeQFfBeBi9PbeZd0=
 contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.4.2 h1:sqfsYl5GIY/L570iT+l93ehxaWJs2/OwXtiWwew3oAg=
 contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.4.2/go.mod h1:dvEHbiKmgvbr5pjaF9fpw1KeYcjrnC1J8B+JKjsZyRQ=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/app/changes v0.0.0-20180602232624-0a106ad413e3/go.mod h1:Yl+fi1br7+Rr3LqpNJf1/uxUdtRUV+Tnj0o93V2B9MU=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/html/belt v0.0.0-20180602232347-f7d459c86be0/go.mod h1:JLBrvjyP0v+ecvNYvCpyZgu5/xkfAUhi6wJj28eUfSU=
@@ -384,8 +386,6 @@ github.com/huin/goupnp v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gnGPsThkYa7bFi/KWmEysQRf48l2dvR5bxr2OFck
 github.com/huin/goutil v0.0.0-20170803182201-1ca381bf3150/go.mod h1:PpLOETDnJ0o3iZrZfqZzyLl6l7F3c6L1oWn7OICBi6o=
 github.com/hydrogen18/memlistener v0.0.0-20141126152155-54553eb933fb/go.mod h1:qEIFzExnS6016fRpRfxrExeVn2gbClQA99gQhnIcdhE=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 h1:lFzP57bqS/wsqKssCGmtLAb8A0wKjLGrve2q3PPVcBk=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
 github.com/imkira/go-interpol v1.1.0/go.mod h1:z0h2/2T3XF8kyEPpRgJ3kmNv+C43p+I/CoI+jC3w2iA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
@@ -1420,7 +1420,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 grpc.go4.org v0.0.0-20170609214715-11d0a25b4919/go.mod h1:77eQGdRu53HpSqPFJFmuJdjuHRquDANNeA4x7B8WQ9o=