diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06551ba..7f0034e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## [4.0.1](https://github.com/multiformats/js-multihash/compare/v4.0.0...v4.0.1) (2021-03-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* downgrade varint ([#118](https://github.com/multiformats/js-multihash/issues/118)) ([e84aabb](https://github.com/multiformats/js-multihash/commit/e84aabbd906fa7a5cdea69c4633d4bb87e01a898))
+
+
+
 # [4.0.0](https://github.com/multiformats/js-multihash/compare/v3.1.2...v4.0.0) (2021-03-01)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de65fb2..bf92d7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "multihashes",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.0.1",
   "description": "multihash implementation",
   "keywords": [
     "multihash",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "multibase": "^4.0.1",
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.3",
-    "varint": "^6.0.0"
+    "varint": "^5.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^31.0.0",