diff --git a/options/dag.go b/options/dag.go
index 6181f5a06..3db2890cc 100644
--- a/options/dag.go
+++ b/options/dag.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ type DagPutOption func(opts *DagPutSettings) error
 // DagPutOptions applies the given options to a DagPutSettings instance.
 func DagPutOptions(opts ...DagPutOption) (*DagPutSettings, error) {
 	options := &DagPutSettings{
-		InputEnc: "json",
-		Kind:     "cbor",
+		InputEnc: "dag-json",
+		Kind:     "dag-cbor",
 		Pin:      "false",
 		Hash:     "sha2-256",
 	}
diff --git a/shell_test.go b/shell_test.go
index b34eb5b1a..91728bb2c 100644
--- a/shell_test.go
+++ b/shell_test.go
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ func TestDagPut(t *testing.T) {
 	is := is.New(t)
 	s := NewShell(shellUrl)
 
-	c, err := s.DagPut(`{"x": "abc","y":"def"}`, "json", "cbor")
+	c, err := s.DagPut(`{"x": "abc","y":"def"}`, "dag-json", "dag-cbor")
 	is.Nil(err)
 	is.Equal(c, "bafyreidrm3r2k6vlxqp2fk47sboeycf7apddib47w7cyagrajtpaxxl2pi")
 }