diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index d57c2a02..3833fc22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# File managed by web3-bot. DO NOT EDIT.
+# See https://github.com/protocol/.github/ for details.
+
 name: Automerge
 on: [ pull_request ]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
index 8630dc5c..1d6c6ebe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# File managed by web3-bot. DO NOT EDIT.
+# See https://github.com/protocol/.github/ for details.
+
 name: test & maybe release
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93cb3cdc..9af4a81c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "release": "lerna exec --concurrency 1 -- semantic-release -e semantic-release-monorepo"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "lerna": "^4.0.0"
+    "lerna": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index d5564f82..7109d821 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+## [ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.9](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.8...ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.9) (2022-05-27)
+
+
+### Trivial Changes
+
+* bump @ipld/dag-cbor from 6.0.15 to 7.0.2 ([#216](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/216)) ([daeb686](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/daeb68612ab2491f5906a5cb7a9c25fec0b3ce57))
+* bump sinon from 11.1.2 to 14.0.0 ([#213](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/213)) ([5ab15c1](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/5ab15c18a412d18fddc18cacc6b0c775320cb814))
+
+## [ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.8](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.7...ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.8) (2022-05-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* metadata on small files without raw leaves ([#212](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/212)) ([bef09cd](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/bef09cdb143808305d7947f57eba3aac33298c23))
+
+## [ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.7](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.6...ipfs-unixfs-exporter-v7.0.7) (2022-04-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* do not add metadata to leaves ([#193](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/193)) ([f5d3a67](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/f5d3a670e163632913229a1b75ec12a2d6847326))
+
+
+### Trivial Changes
+
+* switch to auto-release ([#208](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/208)) ([99386e6](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/99386e61979214e8ef79915800a6ed7154938342))
+* update readmes ([#188](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/188)) ([273a141](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/273a141b5ee3805bd0ef2dc8ed7870f8c6c8a820))
+
 # Change Log
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
index 6170862f..88e1e2a2 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
@@ -151,22 +151,22 @@
     "release": "semantic-release"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^6.0.4",
+    "@ipld/dag-cbor": "^7.0.2",
     "@ipld/dag-pb": "^2.0.2",
     "@multiformats/murmur3": "^1.0.3",
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "hamt-sharding": "^2.0.0",
-    "interface-blockstore": "^1.0.0",
+    "interface-blockstore": "^2.0.3",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "^6.0.0",
     "it-last": "^1.0.5",
     "multiformats": "^9.4.2",
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.0",
     "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "aegir": "^36.2.3",
+    "blockstore-core": "^1.0.5",
     "copy": "^0.3.2",
     "crypto-browserify": "^3.12.0",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "readable-stream": "^3.6.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "sinon": "^11.1.1",
+    "sinon": "^14.0.0",
     "util": "^0.12.3"
   },
   "browser": {
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/helpers/block.js b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/helpers/block.js
index a415ed5c..5072a6e5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/helpers/block.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/helpers/block.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import errCode from 'err-code'
-import { BlockstoreAdapter } from 'interface-blockstore'
+import { BaseBlockstore } from 'blockstore-core'
 import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58'
 
 /**
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58'
  */
 
 function createBlockApi () {
-  class MockBlockstore extends BlockstoreAdapter {
+  class MockBlockstore extends BaseBlockstore {
     constructor () {
       super()
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/importer.spec.js b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/importer.spec.js
index 2639f570..192557fd 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/importer.spec.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/test/importer.spec.js
@@ -1073,6 +1073,24 @@ strategies.forEach((strategy) => {
       expect(child).to.have.property('unixfs')
       expect(child).to.not.have.nested.property('unixfs.mtime')
     })
+
+    it('should add metadata to the root node of a small file without raw leaves', async () => {
+      this.timeout(60 * 1000)
+
+      const mode = 511
+
+      const entries = await all(importer([{
+        path: '/foo/file1.txt',
+        content: asAsyncIterable(smallFile),
+        mode
+      }], block, {
+        rawLeaves: false
+      }))
+
+      const root = await exporter(entries[0].cid, block)
+
+      expect(root).to.have.nested.property('unixfs.mode', 511)
+    })
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ab9427c..f872931d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+## [ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.8](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.7...ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.8) (2022-05-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* metadata on small files without raw leaves ([#212](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/212)) ([bef09cd](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/bef09cdb143808305d7947f57eba3aac33298c23))
+
+## [ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.7](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.6...ipfs-unixfs-importer-v9.0.7) (2022-04-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* do not add metadata to leaves ([#193](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/193)) ([f5d3a67](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/f5d3a670e163632913229a1b75ec12a2d6847326))
+* don't split paths on `^` characters ([#192](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/192)) ([9a69908](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/9a699082fcfc6f14304628f7c49d47c55b089745))
+
+
+### Trivial Changes
+
+* switch to auto-release ([#208](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/208)) ([99386e6](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/99386e61979214e8ef79915800a6ed7154938342))
+* switch to gh actions ([#175](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/175)) ([395852b](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/395852bdff00f0dfda299ad1d35ed1bee0386d9c))
+* update readmes ([#188](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/188)) ([273a141](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/273a141b5ee3805bd0ef2dc8ed7870f8c6c8a820))
+
 # Change Log
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
index a28ba538..f4dede13 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf ./dist",
     "lint": "aegir ts -p check && aegir lint",
     "coverage": "nyc -s npm run test -t node && nyc report --reporter=html",
-    "de-pcheck": "aegir dep-check -i @types/mocha -i nyc -i rimraf -i copy -i util -i crypto-browserify -i events -i readable-stream -i assert",
+    "de-pcheck": "aegir dep-check -i @types/mocha -i nyc -i rimraf -i copy -i util -i crypto-browserify -i events -i readable-stream -i assert -i interface-blockstore",
     "release": "semantic-release"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     "bl": "^5.0.0",
     "err-code": "^3.0.1",
     "hamt-sharding": "^2.0.0",
-    "interface-blockstore": "^1.0.0",
+    "interface-blockstore": "^2.0.3",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "^6.0.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.5",
     "it-batch": "^1.0.8",
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@
     "uint8arrays": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "aegir": "^36.2.3",
     "assert": "^2.0.0",
+    "blockstore-core": "^1.0.5",
     "copy": "^0.3.2",
     "crypto-browserify": "^3.12.0",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/src/dag-builder/file/index.js b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/src/dag-builder/file/index.js
index f8ef36cb..100a9500 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/src/dag-builder/file/index.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/src/dag-builder/file/index.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const reduce = (file, blockstore, options) => {
     if (leaves.length === 1 && leaves[0].single && options.reduceSingleLeafToSelf) {
       const leaf = leaves[0]
 
-      if (leaf.cid.code === rawCodec.code && (file.mtime !== undefined || file.mode !== undefined)) {
+      if (file.mtime !== undefined || file.mode !== undefined) {
         // only one leaf node which is a buffer - we have metadata so convert it into a
         // UnixFS entry otherwise we'll have nowhere to store the metadata
         let buffer = await blockstore.get(leaf.cid)
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/test/helpers/block.js b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/test/helpers/block.js
index a415ed5c..5072a6e5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/test/helpers/block.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/test/helpers/block.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import errCode from 'err-code'
-import { BlockstoreAdapter } from 'interface-blockstore'
+import { BaseBlockstore } from 'blockstore-core'
 import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58'
 
 /**
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58'
  */
 
 function createBlockApi () {
-  class MockBlockstore extends BlockstoreAdapter {
+  class MockBlockstore extends BaseBlockstore {
     constructor () {
       super()
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/CHANGELOG.md
index 4aaecedc..47099297 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.8](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.7...ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.8) (2022-05-27)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update deps ([#220](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues/220)) ([08e851e](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/commit/08e851e9c0dedf15f3a737157978a767343334f0))
+
 ## [ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.7](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/compare/ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.6...ipfs-unixfs-v6.0.7) (2022-04-26)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
index 910fed22..7afe45e5 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
     "protobufjs": "^6.10.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "aegir": "^36.2.3",
     "copy": "^0.3.2",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",