diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb4ea09..fe5aa95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "multihash"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Dave Grantham <dwg@linuxprogrammer.org>"]
 description = "Multihash self-describing cryptographic hash data"
diff --git a/src/mh.rs b/src/mh.rs
index 2d3541d..29a4fe9 100644
--- a/src/mh.rs
+++ b/src/mh.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use digest::{Digest, DynDigest};
 use multibase::Base;
 use multicodec::Codec;
 use multitrait::{Null, TryDecodeFrom};
-use multiutil::{BaseEncoded, CodecInfo, EncodingInfo, Varbytes};
+use multiutil::{BaseEncoded, CodecInfo, DetectedEncoder, EncodingInfo, Varbytes};
 use typenum::consts::*;
 
 /// the hash codecs currently supported
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub const SAFE_HASH_CODECS: [Codec; 8] = [
 pub const SIGIL: Codec = Codec::Multihash;
 
 /// a base encoded multihash
-pub type EncodedMultihash = BaseEncoded<Multihash>;
+pub type EncodedMultihash = BaseEncoded<Multihash, DetectedEncoder>;
 
 /// inner implementation of the multihash
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]