diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 65a3f27bbdf..d176b645c53 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-kad"
-version = "0.46.0"
+version = "0.46.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92562489ed5..802779774cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ libp2p-floodsub = { version = "0.45.0", path = "protocols/floodsub" }
 libp2p-gossipsub = { version = "0.47.0", path = "protocols/gossipsub" }
 libp2p-identify = { version = "0.45.0", path = "protocols/identify" }
 libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.9" }
-libp2p-kad = { version = "0.46.0", path = "protocols/kad" }
+libp2p-kad = { version = "0.46.1", path = "protocols/kad" }
 libp2p-mdns = { version = "0.46.0", path = "protocols/mdns" }
 libp2p-memory-connection-limits = { version = "0.3.0", path = "misc/memory-connection-limits" }
 libp2p-metrics = { version = "0.14.2", path = "misc/metrics" }
diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index 72b29d00ef7..a00959fced6 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "libp2p-kad"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
 description = "Kademlia protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.46.0"
+version = "0.46.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"