diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 72185dbd..a7b0e2d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/ethersphere/bmt v0.1.4
 	github.com/ethersphere/ethproxy v0.0.5
-	github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.1.2
+	github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.2.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.11.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fd59076d..8c9cb73a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ github.com/ethersphere/ethproxy v0.0.5 h1:j5Mkm45jqmkET6NwGaJtaxOSFbhoAfOKzHiwHl
 github.com/ethersphere/ethproxy v0.0.5/go.mod h1:7mkVRK3+Mte00jLxFAbUQ/cBepAzwTYpkE64ItCLZYw=
 github.com/ethersphere/go-sw3-abi v0.6.5 h1:M5dcIe1zQYvGpY2K07UNkNU9Obc4U+A1fz68Ho/Q+XE=
 github.com/ethersphere/go-sw3-abi v0.6.5/go.mod h1:BmpsvJ8idQZdYEtWnvxA8POYQ8Rl/NhyCdF0zLMOOJU=
-github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.1.2 h1:A0sv8VjkRf/BGKBafuX5MZis4frzYlLNOma1Z2a4jNM=
-github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.1.2/go.mod h1:1WhVgYBxEqdOWRjEeXKTf6KbaD9Sv7n1gtAvoS4x7IQ=
+github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.2.0 h1:2jN7LIIwtNqTj3hj/wSYgqK0mfnw73oGsJcgm9tNTek=
+github.com/ethersphere/node-funder v0.2.0/go.mod h1:1WhVgYBxEqdOWRjEeXKTf6KbaD9Sv7n1gtAvoS4x7IQ=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible h1:glyUF9yIYtMHzn8xaKw5rMhdWcwsYV8dZHIq5567/xs=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/fjl/memsize v0.0.2 h1:27txuSD9or+NZlnOWdKUxeBzTAUkWCVh+4Gf2dWFOzA=
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 64e812a4..0fc81ef3 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package beekeeper
 
 var (
-	version = "0.18.0" // manually set semantic version number
+	version = "0.19.1" // manually set semantic version number
 	commit  string     // automatically set git commit hash
 
 	// Version TODO