diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b435c537..4ab3e3bcd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
     "big.js": "^5.0.3",
     "bs58": "^4.0.1",
     "cids": "~0.5.2",
-    "concat-stream": "^1.6.0",
+    "concat-stream": "^1.6.1",
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
     "flatmap": "0.0.3",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "ipfs-block": "~0.6.1",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.14",
-    "ipld-dag-pb": "~0.13.0",
+    "ipld-dag-pb": "~0.13.1",
     "is-ipfs": "^0.3.2",
     "is-stream": "^1.1.0",
-    "lru-cache": "^4.1.1",
+    "lru-cache": "^4.1.2",
     "multiaddr": "^3.0.2",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.13",
     "ndjson": "^1.5.0",
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
     "peer-info": "~0.11.6",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.3",
     "pull-defer": "^0.2.2",
-    "pull-pushable": "^2.1.2",
+    "pull-pushable": "^2.2.0",
     "pump": "^3.0.0",
     "qs": "^6.5.1",
-    "readable-stream": "^2.3.4",
+    "readable-stream": "^2.3.5",
     "stream-http": "^2.8.0",
     "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2",
     "streamifier": "^0.1.1",
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "aegir": "^13.0.0",
+    "aegir": "^13.0.6",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "cross-env": "^5.1.3",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.6.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "^0.4.13",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "hapi": "^17.2.0",
-    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.51.0",
+    "hapi": "^17.2.2",
+    "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.55.1",
     "ipfs": "~0.28.0",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.29.0",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.29.1",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
     "socket.io": "^2.0.4",
     "socket.io-client": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/src/files/add.js b/src/files/add.js
index f7bb2b690..2d35b414d 100644
--- a/src/files/add.js
+++ b/src/files/add.js
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
     const ok = Buffer.isBuffer(_files) ||
                isStream.readable(_files) ||
                Array.isArray(_files) ||
-               OtherBuffer.isBuffer(_files)
+               OtherBuffer.isBuffer(_files) ||
+               typeof _files === 'object'
 
     if (!ok) {
-      return callback(new Error('"files" must be a buffer, readable stream, or array of objects'))
+      return callback(new Error('first arg must be a buffer, readable stream, an object or array of objects'))
     }
 
     const files = [].concat(_files)