diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9de3715cc7..faeb4f58898 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 - [`parity-multiaddr` CHANGELOG](misc/multiaddr/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [`libp2p-core-derive` CHANGELOG](misc/core-derive/CHANGELOG.md)
 
+# Version 0.33.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core` and all dependent crates.
+
 # Version 0.32.2 [2020-12-10]
 
 - Update `libp2p-websocket`.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9c0478e8e0..149d9d01980 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Peer-to-peer networking library"
-version = "0.32.2"
+version = "0.33.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -61,22 +61,22 @@ atomic = "0.5.0"
 bytes = "0.5"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 lazy_static = "1.2"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.2", path = "core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "core" }
 libp2p-core-derive = { version = "0.21.0", path = "misc/core-derive" }
-libp2p-floodsub = { version = "0.25.0", path = "protocols/floodsub", optional = true }
-libp2p-gossipsub = { version = "0.25.0", path = "./protocols/gossipsub", optional = true }
-libp2p-identify = { version = "0.25.0", path = "protocols/identify", optional = true }
-libp2p-kad = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/kad", optional = true }
-libp2p-mplex = { version = "0.25.0", path = "muxers/mplex", optional = true }
-libp2p-noise = { version = "0.27.0", path = "protocols/noise", optional = true }
-libp2p-ping = { version = "0.25.0", path = "protocols/ping", optional = true }
-libp2p-plaintext = { version = "0.25.0", path = "protocols/plaintext", optional = true }
+libp2p-floodsub = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/floodsub", optional = true }
+libp2p-gossipsub = { version = "0.26.0", path = "./protocols/gossipsub", optional = true }
+libp2p-identify = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/identify", optional = true }
+libp2p-kad = { version = "0.27.0", path = "protocols/kad", optional = true }
+libp2p-mplex = { version = "0.26.0", path = "muxers/mplex", optional = true }
+libp2p-noise = { version = "0.28.0", path = "protocols/noise", optional = true }
+libp2p-ping = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/ping", optional = true }
+libp2p-plaintext = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/plaintext", optional = true }
 libp2p-pnet = { version = "0.19.2", path = "protocols/pnet", optional = true }
-libp2p-request-response = { version = "0.7.0", path = "protocols/request-response", optional = true }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "swarm" }
-libp2p-uds = { version = "0.25.0", path = "transports/uds", optional = true }
-libp2p-wasm-ext = { version = "0.25.0", path = "transports/wasm-ext", optional = true }
-libp2p-yamux = { version = "0.28.0", path = "muxers/yamux", optional = true }
+libp2p-request-response = { version = "0.8.0", path = "protocols/request-response", optional = true }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "swarm" }
+libp2p-uds = { version = "0.26.0", path = "transports/uds", optional = true }
+libp2p-wasm-ext = { version = "0.26.0", path = "transports/wasm-ext", optional = true }
+libp2p-yamux = { version = "0.29.0", path = "muxers/yamux", optional = true }
 multiaddr = { package = "parity-multiaddr", version = "0.10.0", path = "misc/multiaddr" }
 parking_lot = "0.11.0"
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ smallvec = "1.0"
 wasm-timer = "0.2.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "wasi", target_os = "unknown")))'.dependencies]
-libp2p-deflate = { version = "0.25.0", path = "protocols/deflate", optional = true }
-libp2p-dns = { version = "0.25.0", path = "transports/dns", optional = true }
-libp2p-mdns = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/mdns", optional = true }
-libp2p-tcp = { version = "0.25.1", path = "transports/tcp", optional = true }
-libp2p-websocket = { version = "0.26.3", path = "transports/websocket", optional = true }
+libp2p-deflate = { version = "0.26.0", path = "protocols/deflate", optional = true }
+libp2p-dns = { version = "0.26.0", path = "transports/dns", optional = true }
+libp2p-mdns = { version = "0.27.0", path = "protocols/mdns", optional = true }
+libp2p-tcp = { version = "0.26.0", path = "transports/tcp", optional = true }
+libp2p-websocket = { version = "0.27.0", path = "transports/websocket", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-std = "1.6.2"
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 09e654d2a6a..327a65268d9 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Make `PeerId` be `Copy`, including small `PeerId` API changes.
+  [PR 1874](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1874/).
+
 # 0.25.2 [2020-12-02]
 
 - Require `multistream-select-0.9.1`.
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 2ccb78cfadd..db365e02321 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-core"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Core traits and structs of libp2p"
-version = "0.25.2"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 [dependencies]
 asn1_der = "0.6.1"
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
-bytes = "0.5"
 ed25519-dalek = "1.0.1"
 either = "1.5"
 fnv = "1.0"
diff --git a/core/benches/peer_id.rs b/core/benches/peer_id.rs
index d10b42c9e2e..32b2c1f5e3f 100644
--- a/core/benches/peer_id.rs
+++ b/core/benches/peer_id.rs
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@
 // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, Throughput};
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 use libp2p_core::{identity, PeerId};
 
 fn from_bytes(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let peer_id_bytes = identity::Keypair::generate_ed25519()
         .public()
         .into_peer_id()
-        .into_bytes();
+        .to_bytes();
 
     c.bench_function("from_bytes", |b| {
         b.iter(|| {
-            black_box(PeerId::from_bytes(peer_id_bytes.clone()).unwrap());
+            black_box(PeerId::from_bytes(&peer_id_bytes).unwrap());
         })
     });
 }
diff --git a/core/src/network/peer.rs b/core/src/network/peer.rs
index a1039334d44..4e179e546c3 100644
--- a/core/src/network/peer.rs
+++ b/core/src/network/peer.rs
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ where
         }
 
         self.network.pool.add(connection, connected)
-            .map(|_id| ConnectedPeer {
+            .map(move |_id| ConnectedPeer {
                 network: self.network,
                 peer_id: self.peer_id,
             })
diff --git a/core/src/peer_id.rs b/core/src/peer_id.rs
index b81eeefcfd3..5f9a8f78629 100644
--- a/core/src/peer_id.rs
+++ b/core/src/peer_id.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 use crate::PublicKey;
-use bytes::Bytes;
-use thiserror::Error;
-use multihash::{Code, Multihash, MultihashDigest};
+use multihash::{Code, Error, Multihash, MultihashDigest};
 use rand::Rng;
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, borrow::Borrow, fmt, hash, str::FromStr, cmp};
+use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt, str::FromStr};
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 /// Public keys with byte-lengths smaller than `MAX_INLINE_KEY_LENGTH` will be
 /// automatically used as the peer id using an identity multihash.
@@ -32,10 +31,9 @@ const MAX_INLINE_KEY_LENGTH: usize = 42;
 /// Identifier of a peer of the network.
 ///
 /// The data is a multihash of the public key of the peer.
-// TODO: maybe keep things in decoded version?
-#[derive(Clone, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct PeerId {
-    multihash: Bytes,
+    multihash: Multihash,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for PeerId {
@@ -52,21 +50,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for PeerId {
     }
 }
 
-impl cmp::PartialOrd for PeerId {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
-        Some(Ord::cmp(self, other))
-    }
-}
-
-impl cmp::Ord for PeerId {
-    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> cmp::Ordering {
-        // must use borrow, because as_bytes is not consistent with equality
-        let lhs: &[u8] = self.borrow();
-        let rhs: &[u8] = other.borrow();
-        lhs.cmp(rhs)
-    }
-}
-
 impl PeerId {
     /// Builds a `PeerId` from a public key.
     pub fn from_public_key(key: PublicKey) -> PeerId {
@@ -78,18 +61,15 @@ impl PeerId {
             Code::Sha2_256
         };
 
-        let multihash = hash_algorithm.digest(&key_enc).to_bytes().into();
+        let multihash = hash_algorithm.digest(&key_enc);
 
         PeerId { multihash }
     }
 
-    /// Checks whether `data` is a valid `PeerId`. If so, returns the `PeerId`. If not, returns
-    /// back the data as an error.
-    pub fn from_bytes(data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<PeerId, Vec<u8>> {
-        match Multihash::from_bytes(&data) {
-            Ok(multihash) => PeerId::from_multihash(multihash).map_err(|_| data),
-            Err(_err) => Err(data),
-        }
+    /// Parses a `PeerId` from bytes.
+    pub fn from_bytes(data: &[u8]) -> Result<PeerId, Error> {
+        Ok(PeerId::from_multihash(Multihash::from_bytes(&data)?)
+            .map_err(|mh| Error::UnsupportedCode(mh.code()))?)
     }
 
     /// Tries to turn a `Multihash` into a `PeerId`.
@@ -99,9 +79,9 @@ impl PeerId {
     /// peer ID, it is returned as an `Err`.
     pub fn from_multihash(multihash: Multihash) -> Result<PeerId, Multihash> {
         match Code::try_from(multihash.code()) {
-            Ok(Code::Sha2_256) => Ok(PeerId { multihash: multihash.to_bytes().into() }),
+            Ok(Code::Sha2_256) => Ok(PeerId { multihash }),
             Ok(Code::Identity) if multihash.digest().len() <= MAX_INLINE_KEY_LENGTH
-                => Ok(PeerId { multihash: multihash.to_bytes().into() }),
+                => Ok(PeerId { multihash }),
             _ => Err(multihash)
         }
     }
@@ -113,31 +93,18 @@ impl PeerId {
         let peer_id = rand::thread_rng().gen::<[u8; 32]>();
         PeerId {
             multihash: Multihash::wrap(Code::Identity.into(), &peer_id)
-                .expect("The digest size is never too large").to_bytes().into()
+                .expect("The digest size is never too large")
         }
     }
 
     /// Returns a raw bytes representation of this `PeerId`.
-    ///
-    /// **NOTE:** This byte representation is not necessarily consistent with
-    /// equality of peer IDs. That is, two peer IDs may be considered equal
-    /// while having a different byte representation as per `into_bytes`.
-    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.multihash.to_vec()
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a raw bytes representation of this `PeerId`.
-    ///
-    /// **NOTE:** This byte representation is not necessarily consistent with
-    /// equality of peer IDs. That is, two peer IDs may be considered equal
-    /// while having a different byte representation as per `as_bytes`.
-    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.multihash
+    pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.multihash.to_bytes()
     }
 
     /// Returns a base-58 encoded string of this `PeerId`.
     pub fn to_base58(&self) -> String {
-        bs58::encode(self.borrow() as &[u8]).into_string()
+        bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string()
     }
 
     /// Checks whether the public key passed as parameter matches the public key of this `PeerId`.
@@ -145,22 +112,10 @@ impl PeerId {
     /// Returns `None` if this `PeerId`s hash algorithm is not supported when encoding the
     /// given public key, otherwise `Some` boolean as the result of an equality check.
     pub fn is_public_key(&self, public_key: &PublicKey) -> Option<bool> {
-        let multihash = Multihash::from_bytes(&self.multihash)
-           .expect("Internal multihash is always a valid");
-        let alg = Code::try_from(multihash.code())
+        let alg = Code::try_from(self.multihash.code())
             .expect("Internal multihash is always a valid `Code`");
         let enc = public_key.clone().into_protobuf_encoding();
-        Some(alg.digest(&enc) == multihash)
-    }
-}
-
-impl hash::Hash for PeerId {
-    fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H)
-    where
-        H: hash::Hasher
-    {
-        let digest = self.borrow() as &[u8];
-        hash::Hash::hash(digest, state)
+        Some(alg.digest(&enc) == self.multihash)
     }
 }
 
@@ -174,7 +129,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Vec<u8>> for PeerId {
     type Error = Vec<u8>;
 
     fn try_from(value: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        PeerId::from_bytes(value)
+        PeerId::from_bytes(&value).map_err(|_| value)
     }
 }
 
@@ -186,33 +141,21 @@ impl TryFrom<Multihash> for PeerId {
     }
 }
 
-impl PartialEq<PeerId> for PeerId {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &PeerId) -> bool {
-        let self_digest = self.borrow() as &[u8];
-        let other_digest = other.borrow() as &[u8];
-        self_digest == other_digest
-    }
-}
-
-impl Borrow<[u8]> for PeerId {
-    fn borrow(&self) -> &[u8] {
+impl AsRef<Multihash> for PeerId {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Multihash {
         &self.multihash
     }
 }
 
-/// **NOTE:** This byte representation is not necessarily consistent with
-/// equality of peer IDs. That is, two peer IDs may be considered equal
-/// while having a different byte representation as per `AsRef<[u8]>`.
-impl AsRef<[u8]> for PeerId {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        self.as_bytes()
+impl From<PeerId> for Multihash {
+    fn from(peer_id: PeerId) -> Self {
+        peer_id.multihash
     }
 }
 
-impl From<PeerId> for Multihash {
+impl From<PeerId> for Vec<u8> {
     fn from(peer_id: PeerId) -> Self {
-        Multihash::from_bytes(&peer_id.multihash)
-            .expect("PeerIds always contain valid Multihashes")
+        peer_id.to_bytes()
     }
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +173,7 @@ impl FromStr for PeerId {
     #[inline]
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         let bytes = bs58::decode(s).into_vec()?;
-        PeerId::from_bytes(bytes).map_err(|_| ParseError::MultiHash)
+        PeerId::from_bytes(&bytes).map_err(|_| ParseError::MultiHash)
     }
 }
 
@@ -248,7 +191,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn peer_id_into_bytes_then_from_bytes() {
         let peer_id = identity::Keypair::generate_ed25519().public().into_peer_id();
-        let second = PeerId::from_bytes(peer_id.clone().into_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let second = PeerId::from_bytes(&peer_id.to_bytes()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(peer_id, second);
     }
 
@@ -263,7 +206,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn random_peer_id_is_valid() {
         for _ in 0 .. 5000 {
             let peer_id = PeerId::random();
-            assert_eq!(peer_id, PeerId::from_bytes(peer_id.clone().into_bytes()).unwrap());
+            assert_eq!(peer_id, PeerId::from_bytes(&peer_id.to_bytes()).unwrap());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/muxers/mplex/CHANGELOG.md b/muxers/mplex/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a1126104d7..4daf1b43b46 100644
--- a/muxers/mplex/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/muxers/mplex/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
index 40b3d2ae963..19105aec5b0 100644
--- a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-mplex"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Mplex multiplexing protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 bytes = "0.5"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 futures_codec = "0.4.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4"
 nohash-hasher = "0.2"
 parking_lot = "0.11"
diff --git a/muxers/yamux/CHANGELOG.md b/muxers/yamux/CHANGELOG.md
index a499d470f2d..2f38f555200 100644
--- a/muxers/yamux/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/muxers/yamux/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.29.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.28.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml b/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
index 7376495ab10..d4423e9168f 100644
--- a/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
+++ b/muxers/yamux/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-yamux"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Yamux multiplexing protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 parking_lot = "0.11"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 yamux = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/protocols/deflate/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/deflate/CHANGELOG.md
index b0f3e1760e5..a30234b9d61 100644
--- a/protocols/deflate/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/deflate/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
index b960433c411..3ba000c56ab 100644
--- a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-deflate"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Deflate encryption protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 flate2 = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/protocols/floodsub/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/floodsub/CHANGELOG.md
index 927dfe608f4..be3a6c65323 100644
--- a/protocols/floodsub/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/floodsub/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
index 3b87710e619..65df9746025 100644
--- a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-floodsub"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Floodsub protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 cuckoofilter = "0.5.0"
 fnv = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 rand = "0.7"
diff --git a/protocols/floodsub/src/protocol.rs b/protocols/floodsub/src/protocol.rs
index 046c72d856b..bd0b5b2a646 100644
--- a/protocols/floodsub/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/protocols/floodsub/src/protocol.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ where
             let mut messages = Vec::with_capacity(rpc.publish.len());
             for publish in rpc.publish.into_iter() {
                 messages.push(FloodsubMessage {
-                    source: PeerId::from_bytes(publish.from.unwrap_or_default()).map_err(|_| {
+                    source: PeerId::from_bytes(&publish.from.unwrap_or_default()).map_err(|_| {
                         FloodsubDecodeError::InvalidPeerId
                     })?,
                     data: publish.data.unwrap_or_default(),
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ impl FloodsubRpc {
             publish: self.messages.into_iter()
                 .map(|msg| {
                     rpc_proto::Message {
-                        from: Some(msg.source.into_bytes()),
+                        from: Some(msg.source.to_bytes()),
                         data: Some(msg.data),
                         seqno: Some(msg.sequence_number),
                         topic_ids: msg.topics
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
index fc01624c327..1040fa2714a 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index 6f4c25b46e6..b3b16fb60f7 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-gossipsub"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Gossipsub protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Age Manning <Age@AgeManning.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 bytes = "0.5.4"
 byteorder = "1.3.2"
 fnv = "1.0.6"
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/src/behaviour.rs b/protocols/gossipsub/src/behaviour.rs
index fb17190507b..eb8426a604d 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/src/behaviour.rs
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/src/behaviour.rs
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ impl Gossipsub {
 
                 let signature = {
                     let message = rpc_proto::Message {
-                        from: Some(author.clone().into_bytes()),
+                        from: Some(author.clone().to_bytes()),
                         data: Some(data.clone()),
                         seqno: Some(sequence_number.to_be_bytes().to_vec()),
                         topic_ids: topics.clone().into_iter().map(|t| t.into()).collect(),
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/src/config.rs b/protocols/gossipsub/src/config.rs
index 330788ac5f7..2ef65b376ae 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/src/config.rs
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/src/config.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl Default for GossipsubConfig {
                 let mut source_string = if let Some(peer_id) = message.source.as_ref() {
                     peer_id.to_base58()
                 } else {
-                    PeerId::from_bytes(vec![0, 1, 0])
+                    PeerId::from_bytes(&[0, 1, 0])
                         .expect("Valid peer id")
                         .to_base58()
                 };
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/src/protocol.rs b/protocols/gossipsub/src/protocol.rs
index b1785513c5d..7184c882ba6 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/src/protocol.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl GossipsubCodec {
             }
         };
 
-        let source = match PeerId::from_bytes(from.clone()) {
+        let source = match PeerId::from_bytes(&from) {
             Ok(v) => v,
             Err(_) => {
                 debug!("Signature verification failed: Invalid Peer Id");
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl GossipsubCodec {
             .map(|key| PublicKey::from_protobuf_encoding(&key))
         {
             Some(Ok(key)) => key,
-            _ => match PublicKey::from_protobuf_encoding(&source.as_bytes()[2..]) {
+            _ => match PublicKey::from_protobuf_encoding(&source.to_bytes()[2..]) {
                 Ok(v) => v,
                 Err(_) => {
                     warn!("Signature verification failed: No valid public key supplied");
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl Encoder for GossipsubCodec {
 
         for message in item.messages.into_iter() {
             let message = rpc_proto::Message {
-                from: message.source.map(|m| m.into_bytes()),
+                from: message.source.map(|m| m.to_bytes()),
                 data: Some(message.data),
                 seqno: message.sequence_number.map(|s| s.to_be_bytes().to_vec()),
                 topic_ids: message.topics.into_iter().map(TopicHash::into).collect(),
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ impl Decoder for GossipsubCodec {
 
             let source = if verify_source {
                 Some(
-                    PeerId::from_bytes(message.from.unwrap_or_default()).map_err(|_| {
+                    PeerId::from_bytes(&message.from.unwrap_or_default()).map_err(|_| {
                         io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "Invalid Peer Id")
                     })?,
                 )
diff --git a/protocols/identify/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/identify/CHANGELOG.md
index db7796a29bc..3556a3b2463 100644
--- a/protocols/identify/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/identify/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
index 3606a3cb87b..9b81b82cd9d 100644
--- a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-identify"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Nodes identifcation protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 smallvec = "1.0"
diff --git a/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c42e37d1f7..74ad00f4749 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.27.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core` and `libp2p-swarm`.
+
 # 0.26.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core` and `libp2p-swarm`.
diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index 2c23310e616..975f2913bb4 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-kad"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Kademlia protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.27.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ fnv = "1.0"
 futures_codec = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 log = "0.4"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 prost = "0.6.1"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 sha2 = "0.9.1"
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/behaviour.rs b/protocols/kad/src/behaviour.rs
index 2034e66e647..5cfd12ca30e 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/behaviour.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/behaviour.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use libp2p_swarm::{
 };
 use log::{info, debug, warn};
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
-use std::{borrow::{Borrow, Cow}, error, iter, time::Duration};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, error, iter, time::Duration};
 use std::collections::{HashSet, VecDeque};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ where
 
     /// Creates a new `Kademlia` network behaviour with the given configuration.
     pub fn with_config(id: PeerId, store: TStore, config: KademliaConfig) -> Self {
-        let local_key = kbucket::Key::new(id.clone());
+        let local_key = kbucket::Key::from(id);
 
         let put_record_job = config
             .record_replication_interval
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ where
     /// If the routing table has been updated as a result of this operation,
     /// a [`KademliaEvent::RoutingUpdated`] event is emitted.
     pub fn add_address(&mut self, peer: &PeerId, address: Multiaddr) -> RoutingUpdate {
-        let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer.clone());
+        let key = kbucket::Key::from(*peer);
         match self.kbuckets.entry(&key) {
             kbucket::Entry::Present(mut entry, _) => {
                 if entry.value().insert(address) {
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ where
     pub fn remove_address(&mut self, peer: &PeerId, address: &Multiaddr)
         -> Option<kbucket::EntryView<kbucket::Key<PeerId>, Addresses>>
     {
-        let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer.clone());
+        let key = kbucket::Key::from(*peer);
         match self.kbuckets.entry(&key) {
             kbucket::Entry::Present(mut entry, _) => {
                 if entry.value().remove(address).is_err() {
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ where
     pub fn remove_peer(&mut self, peer: &PeerId)
         -> Option<kbucket::EntryView<kbucket::Key<PeerId>, Addresses>>
     {
-        let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer.clone());
+        let key = kbucket::Key::from(*peer);
         match self.kbuckets.entry(&key) {
             kbucket::Entry::Present(entry, _) => {
                 Some(entry.remove())
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ where
     pub fn kbucket<K>(&mut self, key: K)
         -> Option<kbucket::KBucketRef<'_, kbucket::Key<PeerId>, Addresses>>
     where
-        K: Borrow<[u8]> + Clone
+        K: Into<kbucket::Key<K>> + Clone
     {
-        self.kbuckets.bucket(&kbucket::Key::new(key))
+        self.kbuckets.bucket(&key.into())
     }
 
     /// Initiates an iterative query for the closest peers to the given key.
@@ -562,10 +562,10 @@ where
     /// [`KademliaEvent::QueryResult{QueryResult::GetClosestPeers}`].
     pub fn get_closest_peers<K>(&mut self, key: K) -> QueryId
     where
-        K: Borrow<[u8]> + Clone
+        K: Into<kbucket::Key<K>> + Into<Vec<u8>> + Clone
     {
-        let info = QueryInfo::GetClosestPeers { key: key.borrow().to_vec() };
-        let target = kbucket::Key::new(key);
+        let info = QueryInfo::GetClosestPeers { key: key.clone().into() };
+        let target: kbucket::Key<K> = key.into();
         let peers = self.kbuckets.closest_keys(&target);
         let inner = QueryInner::new(info);
         self.queries.add_iter_closest(target.clone(), peers, inner)
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ where
                         if &node_id == kbuckets.local_key().preimage() {
                             Some(local_addrs.iter().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>())
                         } else {
-                            let key = kbucket::Key::new(node_id.clone());
+                            let key = kbucket::Key::from(node_id);
                             kbuckets.entry(&key).view().map(|e| e.node.value.clone().into_vec())
                         }
                     } else {
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ where
 
     /// Updates the routing table with a new connection status and address of a peer.
     fn connection_updated(&mut self, peer: PeerId, address: Option<Multiaddr>, new_status: NodeStatus) {
-        let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer.clone());
+        let key = kbucket::Key::from(peer);
         match self.kbuckets.entry(&key) {
             kbucket::Entry::Present(mut entry, old_status) => {
                 if let Some(address) = address {
@@ -985,13 +985,13 @@ where
                             // Pr(bucket-253) = 1 - (7/8)^16   ~= 0.88
                             // Pr(bucket-252) = 1 - (15/16)^16 ~= 0.64
                             // ...
-                            let mut target = kbucket::Key::new(PeerId::random());
+                            let mut target = kbucket::Key::from(PeerId::random());
                             for _ in 0 .. 16 {
                                 let d = local_key.distance(&target);
                                 if b.contains(&d) {
                                     break;
                                 }
-                                target = kbucket::Key::new(PeerId::random());
+                                target = kbucket::Key::from(PeerId::random());
                             }
                             target
                         }).collect::<Vec<_>>().into_iter()
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ where
     fn addresses_of_peer(&mut self, peer_id: &PeerId) -> Vec<Multiaddr> {
         // We should order addresses from decreasing likelyhood of connectivity, so start with
         // the addresses of that peer in the k-buckets.
-        let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer_id.clone());
+        let key = kbucket::Key::from(*peer_id);
         let mut peer_addrs =
             if let kbucket::Entry::Present(mut entry, _) = self.kbuckets.entry(&key) {
                 let addrs = entry.value().iter().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ where
         let (old, new) = (old.get_remote_address(), new.get_remote_address());
 
         // Update routing table.
-        if let Some(addrs) = self.kbuckets.entry(&kbucket::Key::new(peer.clone())).value() {
+        if let Some(addrs) = self.kbuckets.entry(&kbucket::Key::from(*peer)).value() {
             if addrs.replace(old, new) {
                 debug!("Address '{}' replaced with '{}' for peer '{}'.", old, new, peer);
             } else {
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ where
         err: &dyn error::Error
     ) {
         if let Some(peer_id) = peer_id {
-            let key = kbucket::Key::new(peer_id.clone());
+            let key = kbucket::Key::from(*peer_id);
 
             if let Some(addrs) = self.kbuckets.entry(&key).value() {
                 // TODO: Ideally, the address should only be removed if the error can
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ impl QueryInfo {
     fn to_request(&self, query_id: QueryId) -> KademliaHandlerIn<QueryId> {
         match &self {
             QueryInfo::Bootstrap { peer, .. } => KademliaHandlerIn::FindNodeReq {
-                key: peer.clone().into_bytes(),
+                key: peer.to_bytes(),
                 user_data: query_id,
             },
             QueryInfo::GetClosestPeers { key, .. } => KademliaHandlerIn::FindNodeReq {
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/behaviour/test.rs b/protocols/kad/src/behaviour/test.rs
index 81533a5b5b7..e1b35105d70 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/behaviour/test.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/behaviour/test.rs
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ fn query_iter() {
         // Ask the first peer in the list to search a random peer. The search should
         // propagate forwards through the list of peers.
         let search_target = PeerId::random();
-        let search_target_key = kbucket::Key::new(search_target.clone());
-        let qid = swarms[0].get_closest_peers(search_target.clone());
+        let search_target_key = kbucket::Key::from(search_target);
+        let qid = swarms[0].get_closest_peers(search_target);
 
         match swarms[0].query(&qid) {
             Some(q) => match q.info() {
                 QueryInfo::GetClosestPeers { key } => {
-                    assert_eq!(&key[..], search_target.borrow() as &[u8])
+                    assert_eq!(&key[..], search_target.to_bytes().as_slice())
                 },
                 i => panic!("Unexpected query info: {:?}", i)
             }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ fn query_iter() {
                                 id, result: QueryResult::GetClosestPeers(Ok(ok)), ..
                             })) => {
                                 assert_eq!(id, qid);
-                                assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.as_bytes());
+                                assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.to_bytes().as_slice());
                                 assert_eq!(swarm_ids[i], expected_swarm_id);
                                 assert_eq!(swarm.queries.size(), 0);
                                 assert!(expected_peer_ids.iter().all(|p| ok.peers.contains(p)));
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ fn unresponsive_not_returned_direct() {
 
     // Ask first to search a random value.
     let search_target = PeerId::random();
-    swarms[0].get_closest_peers(search_target.clone());
+    swarms[0].get_closest_peers(search_target);
 
     block_on(
         poll_fn(move |ctx| {
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ fn unresponsive_not_returned_direct() {
                         Poll::Ready(Some(KademliaEvent::QueryResult {
                             result: QueryResult::GetClosestPeers(Ok(ok)), ..
                         })) => {
-                            assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.as_bytes());
+                            assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.to_bytes().as_slice());
                             assert_eq!(ok.peers.len(), 0);
                             return Poll::Ready(());
                         }
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ fn unresponsive_not_returned_indirect() {
 
     // Ask second to search a random value.
     let search_target = PeerId::random();
-    swarms[1].get_closest_peers(search_target.clone());
+    swarms[1].get_closest_peers(search_target);
 
     block_on(
         poll_fn(move |ctx| {
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ fn unresponsive_not_returned_indirect() {
                         Poll::Ready(Some(KademliaEvent::QueryResult {
                             result: QueryResult::GetClosestPeers(Ok(ok)), ..
                         })) => {
-                            assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.as_bytes());
+                            assert_eq!(&ok.key[..], search_target.to_bytes().as_slice());
                             assert_eq!(ok.peers.len(), 1);
                             assert_eq!(ok.peers[0], first_peer_id);
                             return Poll::Ready(());
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ fn put_record() {
                         .cloned()
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                     expected.sort_by(|id1, id2|
-                        kbucket::Key::new(id1.clone()).distance(&key).cmp(
-                            &kbucket::Key::new(id2.clone()).distance(&key)));
+                        kbucket::Key::from(*id1).distance(&key).cmp(
+                            &kbucket::Key::from(*id2).distance(&key)));
 
                     let expected = expected
                         .into_iter()
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ fn add_provider() {
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                     let kbucket_key = kbucket::Key::new(key);
                     expected.sort_by(|id1, id2|
-                        kbucket::Key::new(id1.clone()).distance(&kbucket_key).cmp(
-                            &kbucket::Key::new(id2.clone()).distance(&kbucket_key)));
+                        kbucket::Key::from(*id1).distance(&kbucket_key).cmp(
+                            &kbucket::Key::from(*id2).distance(&kbucket_key)));
 
                     let expected = expected
                         .into_iter()
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ fn manual_bucket_inserts() {
                         routable.push(peer);
                         if expected.is_empty() {
                             for peer in routable.iter() {
-                                let bucket = swarm.kbucket(peer.clone()).unwrap();
+                                let bucket = swarm.kbucket(*peer).unwrap();
                                 assert!(bucket.iter().all(|e| e.node.key.preimage() != peer));
                             }
                             return Poll::Ready(())
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/bucket.rs b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
index dc83a04d693..5a7ee8817bb 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/bucket.rs
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ mod tests {
             let mut bucket = KBucket::<Key<PeerId>, ()>::new(timeout);
             let num_nodes = g.gen_range(1, K_VALUE.get() + 1);
             for _ in 0 .. num_nodes {
-                let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+                let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
                 let node = Node { key: key.clone(), value: () };
                 let status = NodeStatus::arbitrary(g);
                 match bucket.insert(node, status) {
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn fill_bucket(bucket: &mut KBucket<Key<PeerId>, ()>, status: NodeStatus) {
         let num_entries_start = bucket.num_entries();
         for i in 0 .. K_VALUE.get() - num_entries_start {
-            let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+            let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
             let node = Node { key, value: () };
             assert_eq!(InsertResult::Inserted, bucket.insert(node, status));
             assert_eq!(bucket.num_entries(), num_entries_start + i + 1);
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             // Fill the bucket, thereby populating the expected lists in insertion order.
             for status in status {
-                let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+                let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
                 let node = Node { key: key.clone(), value: () };
                 let full = bucket.num_entries() == K_VALUE.get();
                 match bucket.insert(node, status) {
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ mod tests {
         fill_bucket(&mut bucket, NodeStatus::Disconnected);
 
         // Trying to insert another disconnected node fails.
-        let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+        let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
         let node = Node { key, value: () };
         match bucket.insert(node, NodeStatus::Disconnected) {
             InsertResult::Full => {},
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             // Add a connected node, which is expected to be pending, scheduled to
             // replace the first (i.e. least-recently connected) node.
-            let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+            let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
             let node = Node { key: key.clone(), value: () };
             match bucket.insert(node.clone(), NodeStatus::Connected) {
                 InsertResult::Pending { disconnected } =>
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(K_VALUE.get(), bucket.num_entries());
 
         // Trying to insert another connected node fails.
-        let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+        let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
         let node = Node { key, value: () };
         match bucket.insert(node, NodeStatus::Connected) {
             InsertResult::Full => {},
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ mod tests {
         let first_disconnected = first.clone();
 
         // Add a connected pending node.
-        let key = Key::new(PeerId::random());
+        let key = Key::from(PeerId::random());
         let node = Node { key: key.clone(), value: () };
         if let InsertResult::Pending { disconnected } = bucket.insert(node, NodeStatus::Connected) {
             assert_eq!(&disconnected, &first_disconnected.key);
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/key.rs b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/key.rs
index 56f4140bd23..e8d1af3e8b1 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/key.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket/key.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ impl From<Multihash> for Key<Multihash> {
 
 impl From<PeerId> for Key<PeerId> {
     fn from(p: PeerId) -> Self {
-        Key::new(p)
+       let bytes = KeyBytes(Sha256::digest(&p.to_bytes()));
+       Key {
+           preimage: p,
+           bytes
+       }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/protocol.rs b/protocols/kad/src/protocol.rs
index 58ca1c3d840..7bac1dd7c2a 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/protocol.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl TryFrom<proto::message::Peer> for KadPeer {
     fn try_from(peer: proto::message::Peer) -> Result<KadPeer, Self::Error> {
         // TODO: this is in fact a CID; not sure if this should be handled in `from_bytes` or
         //       as a special case here
-        let node_id = PeerId::from_bytes(peer.id)
+        let node_id = PeerId::from_bytes(&peer.id)
             .map_err(|_| invalid_data("invalid peer id"))?;
 
         let mut addrs = Vec::with_capacity(peer.addrs.len());
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl TryFrom<proto::message::Peer> for KadPeer {
 impl Into<proto::message::Peer> for KadPeer {
     fn into(self) -> proto::message::Peer {
         proto::message::Peer {
-            id: self.node_id.into_bytes(),
+            id: self.node_id.to_bytes(),
             addrs: self.multiaddrs.into_iter().map(|a| a.to_vec()).collect(),
             connection: {
                 let ct: proto::message::ConnectionType = self.connection_ty.into();
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ fn record_from_proto(record: proto::Record) -> Result<Record, io::Error> {
 
     let publisher =
         if !record.publisher.is_empty() {
-            PeerId::from_bytes(record.publisher)
+            PeerId::from_bytes(&record.publisher)
                 .map(Some)
                 .map_err(|_| invalid_data("Invalid publisher peer ID."))?
         } else {
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ fn record_to_proto(record: Record) -> proto::Record {
     proto::Record {
         key: record.key.to_vec(),
         value: record.value,
-        publisher: record.publisher.map(PeerId::into_bytes).unwrap_or_default(),
+        publisher: record.publisher.map(|id| id.to_bytes()).unwrap_or_default(),
         ttl: record.expires
             .map(|t| {
                 let now = Instant::now();
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/query/peers/closest/disjoint.rs b/protocols/kad/src/query/peers/closest/disjoint.rs
index 7002444073c..b295355634b 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/query/peers/closest/disjoint.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/query/peers/closest/disjoint.rs
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ mod tests {
     impl Graph {
         fn get_closest_peer(&self, target: &KeyBytes) -> PeerId {
             self.0.iter()
-                .map(|(peer_id, _)| (target.distance(&Key::new(peer_id.clone())), peer_id))
+                .map(|(peer_id, _)| (target.distance(&Key::from(*peer_id)), peer_id))
                 .fold(None, |acc, (distance_b, peer_id_b)| {
                     match acc {
                         None => Some((distance_b, peer_id_b)),
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             let mut known_closest_peers = graph.0.iter()
                 .take(K_VALUE.get())
-                .map(|(key, _peers)| Key::new(key.clone()))
+                .map(|(key, _peers)| Key::from(*key))
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
             known_closest_peers.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
                 target.distance(a).cmp(&target.distance(b))
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ mod tests {
                 }
             }
 
-            let mut result = iter.into_result().into_iter().map(Key::new).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            let mut result = iter.into_result().into_iter().map(Key::from).collect::<Vec<_>>();
             result.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
                 target.distance(a).cmp(&target.distance(b))
             });
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/record/store/memory.rs b/protocols/kad/src/record/store/memory.rs
index 6f2b95da648..c0bb219ae49 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/record/store/memory.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/record/store/memory.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl MemoryStore {
     /// Creates a new `MemoryRecordStore` with the given configuration.
     pub fn with_config(local_id: PeerId, config: MemoryStoreConfig) -> Self {
         MemoryStore {
-            local_key: kbucket::Key::new(local_id),
+            local_key: kbucket::Key::from(local_id),
             config,
             records: HashMap::default(),
             provided: HashSet::default(),
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ impl<'a> RecordStore<'a> for MemoryStore {
             // It is a new provider record for that key.
             let local_key = self.local_key.clone();
             let key = kbucket::Key::new(record.key.clone());
-            let provider = kbucket::Key::new(record.provider.clone());
+            let provider = kbucket::Key::from(record.provider);
             if let Some(i) = providers.iter().position(|p| {
-                let pk = kbucket::Key::new(p.provider.clone());
+                let pk = kbucket::Key::from(p.provider);
                 provider.distance(&key) < pk.distance(&key)
             }) {
                 // Insert the new provider.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn distance(r: &ProviderRecord) -> kbucket::Distance {
         kbucket::Key::new(r.key.clone())
-            .distance(&kbucket::Key::new(r.provider.clone()))
+            .distance(&kbucket::Key::from(r.provider))
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -318,4 +318,3 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/mdns/CHANGELOG.md
index d57371394fe..7c45c4dc268 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/mdns/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.27.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.26.0 [2020-12-08]
 
 - Create multiple multicast response packets as required to avoid
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
index d1af2fde669..8a326677f92 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "libp2p-mdns"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.27.0"
 description = "Implementation of the libp2p mDNS discovery method"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ dns-parser = "0.8.0"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 if-watch = "0.1.6"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4.11"
 rand = "0.7.3"
 smallvec = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/src/dns.rs b/protocols/mdns/src/dns.rs
index f8a008b1e8f..4627d7d5e4e 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/src/dns.rs
+++ b/protocols/mdns/src/dns.rs
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ fn segment_peer_id(peer_id: String) -> String {
 /// Combines and encodes a `PeerId` and service name for a DNS query.
 fn encode_peer_id(peer_id: &PeerId) -> Vec<u8> {
     // DNS-safe encoding for the Peer ID
-    let raw_peer_id = data_encoding::BASE32_DNSCURVE.encode(&peer_id.as_bytes());
+    let raw_peer_id = data_encoding::BASE32_DNSCURVE.encode(&peer_id.to_bytes());
     // ensure we don't have any labels over 63 bytes long
     let encoded_peer_id = segment_peer_id(raw_peer_id);
     let service_name = str::from_utf8(SERVICE_NAME).expect("SERVICE_NAME is always ASCII");
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/src/service.rs b/protocols/mdns/src/service.rs
index 7cbd56af99a..84c535d8fc6 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/src/service.rs
+++ b/protocols/mdns/src/service.rs
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ impl MdnsResponse {
             peer_name.retain(|c| c != '.');
 
             let peer_id = match data_encoding::BASE32_DNSCURVE.decode(peer_name.as_bytes()) {
-                Ok(bytes) => match PeerId::from_bytes(bytes) {
+                Ok(bytes) => match PeerId::from_bytes(&bytes) {
                     Ok(id) => id,
                     Err(_) => return None,
                 },
diff --git a/protocols/noise/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/noise/CHANGELOG.md
index 29a6e0cbbc1..70ae16c6806 100644
--- a/protocols/noise/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/noise/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.28.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.27.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml b/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
index 59b6f9eac7b..135de2def70 100644
--- a/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/noise/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "libp2p-noise"
 description = "Cryptographic handshake protocol using the noise framework."
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bytes = "0.5"
 curve25519-dalek = "3.0.0"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 lazy_static = "1.2"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 rand = "0.7.2"
diff --git a/protocols/ping/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/ping/CHANGELOG.md
index a86557c4b9f..f2c6e9ef749 100644
--- a/protocols/ping/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/ping/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
index 3aa96f74857..51abeb2ecf6 100644
--- a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-ping"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Ping protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 void = "1.0"
diff --git a/protocols/plaintext/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/plaintext/CHANGELOG.md
index 635ae3cee98..31557d66374 100644
--- a/protocols/plaintext/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/plaintext/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml b/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
index 017d2611cd8..25c8fe60b21 100644
--- a/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/plaintext/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-plaintext"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Plaintext encryption dummy protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 bytes = "0.5"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 futures_codec = "0.4.0"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.8"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 unsigned-varint = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["futures-codec"] }
diff --git a/protocols/plaintext/src/handshake.rs b/protocols/plaintext/src/handshake.rs
index 983a2d0ee8f..dda29af496d 100644
--- a/protocols/plaintext/src/handshake.rs
+++ b/protocols/plaintext/src/handshake.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub struct Remote {
 impl HandshakeContext<Local> {
     fn new(config: PlainText2Config) -> Result<Self, PlainTextError> {
         let exchange = Exchange {
-            id: Some(config.local_public_key.clone().into_peer_id().into_bytes()),
+            id: Some(config.local_public_key.clone().into_peer_id().to_bytes()),
             pubkey: Some(config.local_public_key.clone().into_protobuf_encoding())
         };
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(exchange.encoded_len());
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl HandshakeContext<Local> {
                 return Err(PlainTextError::InvalidPayload(None));
             },
         };
-        let peer_id = match PeerId::from_bytes(prop.id.unwrap_or_default()) {
+        let peer_id = match PeerId::from_bytes(&prop.id.unwrap_or_default()) {
             Ok(p) => p,
             Err(_) => {
                 debug!("failed to parse remote's exchange's id protobuf");
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
index a37a8a09ed5..3f993ea9912 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/request-response/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.8.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-swarm` and `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.7.0 [2020-12-08]
 
 - Refine emitted events for inbound requests, introducing
diff --git a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
index c2c99d0f8b7..5b51cd8b57a 100644
--- a/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-request-response"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Generic Request/Response Protocols"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bytes = "0.5.6"
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
-libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../swarm" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4.11"
 lru = "0.6"
 minicbor = { version = "0.7", features = ["std", "derive"] }
diff --git a/protocols/secio/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/secio/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c24d7664c2..dc13b13681d 100644
--- a/protocols/secio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/secio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
index fef7ae16f55..55e0090a3e3 100644
--- a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-secio"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Secio encryption protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ctr = "0.3"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 hmac = "0.9.0"
 lazy_static = "1.2.0"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.6"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 pin-project = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/swarm/CHANGELOG.md b/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
index c0437d9eafc..71b4c720642 100644
--- a/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/swarm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.1 [2020-11-26]
 
 - Add `ExpandedSwarm::is_connected`.
diff --git a/swarm/Cargo.toml b/swarm/Cargo.toml
index 7c82ff67d67..5628b216c02 100644
--- a/swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-swarm"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "The libp2p swarm"
-version = "0.25.1"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 [dependencies]
 either = "1.6.0"
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../core" }
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.7"
 smallvec = "1.0"
diff --git a/transports/dns/CHANGELOG.md b/transports/dns/CHANGELOG.md
index af69d4c0d62..af417160c7e 100644
--- a/transports/dns/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/transports/dns/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/transports/dns/Cargo.toml b/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
index 405edfe2d07..91cc136b422 100644
--- a/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-dns"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "DNS transport implementation for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 futures = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/transports/tcp/CHANGELOG.md b/transports/tcp/CHANGELOG.md
index cf32e603aa9..6e57124e617 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/transports/tcp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `async-io`.
+
 # 0.25.1 [2020-11-26]
 
 - Lower `async-std` version to `1.6`, for compatibility
diff --git a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
index 9717c394e96..4ccf5beb50f 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-tcp"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "TCP/IP transport protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.1"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ futures = "0.3.1"
 futures-timer = "3.0"
 if-addrs = "0.6.4"
 ipnet = "2.0.0"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 socket2 = { version = "0.3.12" }
 tokio = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["net"], optional = true }
diff --git a/transports/uds/CHANGELOG.md b/transports/uds/CHANGELOG.md
index f9df580ec3c..0bf8608c396 100644
--- a/transports/uds/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/transports/uds/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
index 825ecafc470..a669c7d164f 100644
--- a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-uds"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Unix domain sockets transport for libp2p"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "emscripten")))'.dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1.6.2", optional = true }
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 tokio = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["net"], optional = true }
diff --git a/transports/wasm-ext/CHANGELOG.md b/transports/wasm-ext/CHANGELOG.md
index 03429ba533c..3361551283f 100644
--- a/transports/wasm-ext/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/transports/wasm-ext/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.26.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.25.0 [2020-11-25]
 
 - Update `libp2p-core`.
diff --git a/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml b/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
index c21d15a68b6..077a5f44039 100644
--- a/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/wasm-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libp2p-wasm-ext"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 authors = ["Pierre Krieger <pierre.krieger1708@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Allows passing in an external transport in a WASM environment"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.1"
 js-sys = "0.3.19"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 parity-send-wrapper = "0.1.0"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.42"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.4"
diff --git a/transports/websocket/CHANGELOG.md b/transports/websocket/CHANGELOG.md
index f7367b98d0a..e2223698d1a 100644
--- a/transports/websocket/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/transports/websocket/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.27.0 [unreleased]
+
+- Update `libp2p-core`.
+
 # 0.26.3 [2020-12-10]
 
 - Update `async-tls`.
diff --git a/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml b/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
index 6347c92b896..385798d287f 100644
--- a/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/websocket/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-websocket"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "WebSocket transport for libp2p"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.27.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 async-tls = "0.11.0"
 either = "1.5.3"
 futures = "0.3.1"
-libp2p-core = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../../core" }
+libp2p-core = { version = "0.26.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.8"
 quicksink = "0.1"
 rustls = "0.19.0"
diff --git a/transports/websocket/src/tls.rs b/transports/websocket/src/tls.rs
index a46cffa1b78..7ffdd057a38 100644
--- a/transports/websocket/src/tls.rs
+++ b/transports/websocket/src/tls.rs
@@ -168,4 +168,3 @@ impl From<io::Error> for Error {
         Error::Io(e)
     }
 }
-