diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea35b0145..2f89d5859 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     "@types/readable-stream": "^4.0.11",
     "@types/sinon": "^17.0.3",
     "@web-std/file": "^3.0.3",
-    "aegir": "^42.2.5",
+    "aegir": "^44.0.1",
     "blockstore-core": "^4.4.1",
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
     "delay": "^6.0.0",
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.1",
     "it-tar": "^6.0.0",
     "it-to-buffer": "^4.0.5",
-    "kubo": "^0.28.0",
+    "kubo": "^0.29.0",
     "mock-ipfs-pinning-service": "^0.4.2",
     "nock": "^13.2.9",
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
     "p-retry": "^6.2.0",
     "pako": "^2.0.4",
     "readable-stream": "^4.2.0",
-    "sinon": "^17.0.1"
+    "sinon": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "browser": {
     "kubo": false,
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7edc0e67e..5f391bd9c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ export function create (options: string | Multiaddr | URL | Options = {}): KuboR
   return createKuboRPCClient(options)
 }
 
+export { create as createKuboRPCClient }
 export { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 export { multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 export * from './lib/glob-source.js'
diff --git a/src/lib/glob-source.ts b/src/lib/glob-source.ts
index 6d56d8dd0..76329ed25 100644
--- a/src/lib/glob-source.ts
+++ b/src/lib/glob-source.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function * globSource (cwd: string, pattern: string, options?: Glob
     realpath: false,
     absolute: true,
     dot: Boolean(options.hidden),
-    follow: options.followSymlinks != null ? options.followSymlinks : true
+    follow: options.followSymlinks ?? true
   })
 
   for await (const p of glob(cwd, pattern, globOptions)) {
diff --git a/test/utils/mock-pinning-service.ts b/test/utils/mock-pinning-service.ts
index 90369343d..6105e03bc 100644
--- a/test/utils/mock-pinning-service.ts
+++ b/test/utils/mock-pinning-service.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class PinningService {
 
   async stop (): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.server.close((err: any) => {
+      this.server.close((err?: Error | undefined) => {
         if (err != null) {
           reject(err)
         } else {