diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f7ee90..f5fc51f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -175,12 +175,11 @@
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "it-reader": "^6.0.1",
     "it-stream-types": "^2.0.1",
-    "uint8-varint": "^1.0.1",
+    "uint8-varint": "^2.0.1",
     "uint8arraylist": "^2.0.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/varint": "^6.0.0",
     "aegir": "^40.0.0",
     "iso-random-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "it-all": "^3.0.0",
@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.0",
     "it-pushable": "^3.0.0",
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
-    "random-int": "^3.0.0",
-    "varint": "^6.0.0"
+    "random-int": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/decode.ts b/src/decode.ts
index eb4b66b..759e0a7 100644
--- a/src/decode.ts
+++ b/src/decode.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint max-depth: ["error", 6] */
 
 import errCode from 'err-code'
-import { unsigned } from 'uint8-varint'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { isAsyncIterable } from './utils.js'
 import type { LengthDecoderFunction } from './index.js'
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ enum ReadMode {
 }
 
 const defaultDecoder: LengthDecoderFunction = (buf) => {
-  const length = unsigned.decode(buf)
-  defaultDecoder.bytes = unsigned.encodingLength(length)
+  const length = varint.decode(buf)
+  defaultDecoder.bytes = varint.encodingLength(length)
 
   return length
 }
diff --git a/src/encode.ts b/src/encode.ts
index ace52bc..4cd01a9 100644
--- a/src/encode.ts
+++ b/src/encode.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { unsigned } from 'uint8-varint'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { allocUnsafe } from 'uint8arrays/alloc'
 import { isAsyncIterable } from './utils.js'
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ interface EncoderOptions {
 }
 
 const defaultEncoder: LengthEncoderFunction = (length) => {
-  const lengthLength = unsigned.encodingLength(length)
+  const lengthLength = varint.encodingLength(length)
   const lengthBuf = allocUnsafe(lengthLength)
 
-  unsigned.encode(length, lengthBuf)
+  varint.encode(length, lengthBuf)
 
   defaultEncoder.bytes = lengthLength
 
diff --git a/test/decode.from-reader.spec.ts b/test/decode.from-reader.spec.ts
index 6ee00a7..946e73a 100644
--- a/test/decode.from-reader.spec.ts
+++ b/test/decode.from-reader.spec.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import randomBytes from 'iso-random-stream/src/random.js'
 import all from 'it-all'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import { reader } from 'it-reader'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { concat as uint8ArrayConcat } from 'uint8arrays/concat'
-import varint from 'varint'
 import * as lp from '../src/index.js'
 import { times, someBytes } from './helpers/index.js'
 
diff --git a/test/decode.spec.ts b/test/decode.spec.ts
index 573187b..b8fd8d2 100644
--- a/test/decode.spec.ts
+++ b/test/decode.spec.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import { block } from 'it-block'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import defer from 'p-defer'
 import randomInt from 'random-int'
-import { unsigned } from 'uint8-varint'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { concat as uint8ArrayConcat } from 'uint8arrays/concat'
-import varint from 'varint'
 import { MAX_LENGTH_LENGTH, MAX_DATA_LENGTH } from '../src/decode.js'
 import * as lp from '../src/index.js'
 import { times } from './helpers/index.js'
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ describe('decode', () => {
     const bytes = randomBytes(byteLength)
 
     const input = new Uint8ArrayList(
-      unsigned.encode(byteLength),
+      varint.encode(byteLength),
       bytes
     )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e.spec.ts b/test/e2e.spec.ts
index 6a69898..76f6d0d 100644
--- a/test/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import each from 'it-foreach'
 import map from 'it-map'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import { pushable } from 'it-pushable'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import { concat as uint8ArrayConcat } from 'uint8arrays/concat'
 import { fromString as uint8ArrayFromString } from 'uint8arrays/from-string'
-import varint from 'varint'
 import * as lp from '../src/index.js'
 import { int32BEDecode } from './helpers/int32BE-decode.js'
 import { int32BEEncode } from './helpers/int32BE-encode.js'
diff --git a/test/encode.single.spec.ts b/test/encode.single.spec.ts
index 31e0ea8..f581327 100644
--- a/test/encode.single.spec.ts
+++ b/test/encode.single.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
-import varint from 'varint'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import * as lp from '../src/index.js'
 import { someBytes } from './helpers/index.js'
 import { int32BEEncode } from './helpers/int32BE-encode.js'
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@ describe('encode.single', () => {
     const input = someBytes()
     const output = lp.encode.single(input)
 
-    const length = varint.decode(output.slice())
+    const length = varint.decode(output)
     expect(length).to.equal(input.length)
-    expect(output.slice(varint.decode.bytes)).to.deep.equal(input)
+    expect(output.slice(varint.encodingLength(output.byteLength))).to.deep.equal(input)
   })
 
   it('should encode zero length as prefix', () => {
     const input = new Uint8Array(0)
     const output = lp.encode.single(input)
 
-    const length = varint.decode(output.slice())
+    const length = varint.decode(output)
     expect(length).to.equal(input.length)
-    expect(output.slice(varint.decode.bytes)).to.deep.equal(input)
+    expect(output.slice(varint.encodingLength(output.byteLength))).to.deep.equal(input)
   })
 
   it('should encode with custom length encoder (int32BE)', () => {
diff --git a/test/encode.spec.ts b/test/encode.spec.ts
index bbe849c..1222514 100644
--- a/test/encode.spec.ts
+++ b/test/encode.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import all from 'it-all'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import randomInt from 'random-int'
-import { unsigned } from 'uint8-varint'
+import * as varint from 'uint8-varint'
 import { Uint8ArrayList } from 'uint8arraylist'
 import * as lp from '../src/index.js'
 import { times, someBytes } from './helpers/index.js'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('encode', () => {
       const prefix = output[i]
       const data = output[i + 1]
 
-      const length = unsigned.decode(prefix)
+      const length = varint.decode(prefix)
       expect(length).to.equal(data.length)
       expect(data).to.deep.equal(input[inputIndex])
     }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('encode', () => {
       const prefix = output[i]
       const data = output[i + 1]
 
-      const length = unsigned.decode(prefix)
+      const length = varint.decode(prefix)
       expect(length).to.equal(data.length)
       expect(data).to.deep.equal(input[inputIndex])
     }