diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9770ddb0..c74d3a6a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+<a name="29.0.0"></a>
+# [29.0.0](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/compare/v28.1.2...v29.0.0) (2019-01-15)
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* switch to bignumber.js ([#927](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/issues/927)) ([1a54ae5](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/commit/1a54ae5))
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* All API methods that returned [`big.js`](https://github.com/MikeMcl/big.js/) instances now return [`bignumber.js`](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js/) instances.
+
+License: MIT
+Signed-off-by: Alan Shaw <alan.shaw@protocol.ai>
+
+
+
 <a name="28.1.2"></a>
 ## [28.1.2](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client/compare/v28.1.1...v28.1.2) (2019-01-14)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db1b3ac47..9c62638e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   <a href="https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client"><img src="https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-client.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/feross/standard"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square"></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/standard--readme-OK-green.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
-  <a href=""><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/npm-%3E%3D3.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
-  <a href=""><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-%3E%3D6.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
+  <a href=""><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/npm-%6E%3D3.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
+  <a href=""><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-%3E%3D10.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square" /></a>
   <br>
 </p>
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0fedb4da..fec879c53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ipfs-http-client",
-  "version": "28.1.2",
+  "version": "29.0.0",
   "description": "A client library for the IPFS HTTP API",
   "leadMaintainer": "Alan Shaw <alan@tableflip.io>",
   "main": "src/index.js",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.6.1",
-    "big.js": "^5.2.2",
+    "bignumber.js": "^8.0.2",
     "bl": "^2.1.2",
     "bs58": "^4.0.1",
     "cids": "~0.5.5",
diff --git a/src/bitswap/stat.js b/src/bitswap/stat.js
index ef12433e2..f0770d47d 100644
--- a/src/bitswap/stat.js
+++ b/src/bitswap/stat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const Big = require('big.js')
+const Big = require('bignumber.js')
 
 const transform = function (res, callback) {
   callback(null, {
diff --git a/src/repo/stat.js b/src/repo/stat.js
index 840aad4c5..2b922de03 100644
--- a/src/repo/stat.js
+++ b/src/repo/stat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const Big = require('big.js')
+const Big = require('bignumber.js')
 
 const transform = function (res, callback) {
   callback(null, {
diff --git a/src/stats/bitswap.js b/src/stats/bitswap.js
index cdf892240..3f641f680 100644
--- a/src/stats/bitswap.js
+++ b/src/stats/bitswap.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const Big = require('big.js')
+const Big = require('bignumber.js')
 
 const transform = function (res, callback) {
   callback(null, {
diff --git a/src/stats/bw-util.js b/src/stats/bw-util.js
index 828874024..928ee0c3c 100644
--- a/src/stats/bw-util.js
+++ b/src/stats/bw-util.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const Big = require('big.js')
+const Big = require('bignumber.js')
 
 module.exports = (chunk) => {
   return {
diff --git a/src/stats/repo.js b/src/stats/repo.js
index 8d7943dec..81f808951 100644
--- a/src/stats/repo.js
+++ b/src/stats/repo.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
-const Big = require('big.js')
+const Big = require('bignumber.js')
 
 const transform = function (res, callback) {
   callback(null, {