diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 35bee92bfa1..b76e75e9bbd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module github.com/ipfs/kubo
 
 go 1.23
 
+replace github.com/ipfs/boxo => github.com/gsergey418alt/boxo v0.0.0-20250130100910-c664359ed14f
+
 require (
 	bazil.org/fuse v0.0.0-20200117225306-7b5117fecadc
 	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.4.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 864cbcacd50..28ecb95dfed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20180305231024-9cad4c3443a7/go.mod h1:Fecb
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.5.0/go.mod h1:RSKVYQBd5MCa4OVpNdGskqpgL2+G+NZTnrVHpWWfpdw=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.22.0 h1:asbCHRVmodnJTuQ3qamDwqVOIjwqUPTYmYuemVOx+Ys=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:ggCgvZ2r7uOoQjOyu2Y1NhHmEPPzzuhWgcza5M1Ji1I=
+github.com/gsergey418alt/boxo v0.0.0-20250130100910-c664359ed14f h1:LhjTi4cSNmD/c2mM2LwjmRi+ZHGCfJVl1LCa/0UBFZc=
+github.com/gsergey418alt/boxo v0.0.0-20250130100910-c664359ed14f/go.mod h1:qEIRrGNr0bitDedTCzyzBHxzNWqYmyuHgK8LG9Q83EM=
 github.com/gxed/hashland/keccakpg v0.0.1/go.mod h1:kRzw3HkwxFU1mpmPP8v1WyQzwdGfmKFJ6tItnhQ67kU=
 github.com/gxed/hashland/murmur3 v0.0.1/go.mod h1:KjXop02n4/ckmZSnY2+HKcLud/tcmvhST0bie/0lS48=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
@@ -368,8 +370,6 @@ github.com/ipfs-shipyard/nopfs/ipfs v0.25.0 h1:OqNqsGZPX8zh3eFMO8Lf8EHRRnSGBMqcd
 github.com/ipfs-shipyard/nopfs/ipfs v0.25.0/go.mod h1:BxhUdtBgOXg1B+gAPEplkg/GpyTZY+kCMSfsJvvydqU=
 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 v0.27.2 h1:sGo4KdwBaMjdBjH08lqPJyt27Z4CO6sugne3ryX513s=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.27.2/go.mod h1:qEIRrGNr0bitDedTCzyzBHxzNWqYmyuHgK8LG9Q83EM=
 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=