diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a0dd6e..1e0c290 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
     "prettier": "^2.6.2",
     "pretty-quick": "^3.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^4.4.0",
-    "secret-handshake-ext": "^0.0.8",
-    "secret-stack": "~7.1.0",
+    "secret-handshake-ext": "0.0.11",
+    "secret-stack": "~8.0.0",
     "ssb-box": "^1.0.1",
     "typescript": "^5.1.3"
   },
diff --git a/test/feed-decay.test.js b/test/feed-decay.test.js
index d07dca7..2f04c3d 100644
--- a/test/feed-decay.test.js
+++ b/test/feed-decay.test.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ function getTexts(msgs) {
 }
 
 test('Feed decay', async (t) => {
-  const alice = createPeer({
-    name: 'alice',
-  })
+  const alice = createPeer({ name: 'alice' })
 
   await alice.db.loaded()
 
diff --git a/test/feed-holes.test.js b/test/feed-holes.test.js
index 7fef74c..863c512 100644
--- a/test/feed-holes.test.js
+++ b/test/feed-holes.test.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ function getTexts(msgs) {
 }
 
 test('Feed holes', async (t) => {
-  const alice = createPeer({
-    name: 'alice',
-  })
+  const alice = createPeer({ name: 'alice' })
 
   await alice.db.loaded()
 
diff --git a/test/orphan-weave.test.js b/test/orphan-weave.test.js
index 52ea5b2..38452ff 100644
--- a/test/orphan-weave.test.js
+++ b/test/orphan-weave.test.js
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ function getTexts(msgs) {
 }
 
 test('Orphan weave msgs', async (t) => {
-  const alice = createPeer({
-    name: 'alice',
-  })
+  const alice = createPeer({ name: 'alice' })
 
   await alice.db.loaded()
 
diff --git a/test/util.js b/test/util.js
index 3fc1b85..9c821a0 100644
--- a/test/util.js
+++ b/test/util.js
@@ -4,17 +4,26 @@ const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 const caps = require('ppppp-caps')
 const Keypair = require('ppppp-keypair')
 
-function createPeer(opts) {
-  if (opts.name) {
+function createPeer(config) {
+  if (config.name) {
+    const name = config.name
     const tmp = OS.tmpdir()
-    opts.db ??= {path: Path.join(tmp, `ppppp-gc-${opts.name}-${Date.now()}`)}
-    opts.keypair ??= Keypair.generate('ed25519', opts.name)
-    opts.name = undefined
+    config.global ??= {}
+    config.global.path ??= Path.join(tmp, `ppppp-gc-${name}-${Date.now()}`)
+    config.global.keypair ??= Keypair.generate('ed25519', name)
+    delete config.name
+  }
+  if (!config.global) {
+    throw new Error('need config.global in createPeer()')
+  }
+  if (!config.global.path) {
+    throw new Error('need config.global.path in createPeer()')
+  }
+  if (!config.global.keypair) {
+    throw new Error('need config.global.keypair in createPeer()')
   }
-  if (!opts.db.path) throw new Error('need opts.db.path in createPeer()')
-  if (!opts.keypair) throw new Error('need opts.keypair in createPeer()')
 
-  rimraf.sync(opts.db.path)
+  rimraf.sync(config.global.path)
   return require('secret-stack/bare')()
     .use(require('secret-stack/plugins/net'))
     .use(require('secret-handshake-ext/secret-stack'))
@@ -24,16 +33,19 @@ function createPeer(opts) {
     .use(require('ssb-box'))
     .use(require('../lib'))
     .call(null, {
-      caps,
-      connections: {
-        incoming: {
-          net: [{ scope: 'device', transform: 'shse', port: null }],
-        },
-        outgoing: {
-          net: [{ transform: 'shse' }],
+      shse: { caps },
+      ...config,
+      global: {
+        connections: {
+          incoming: {
+            net: [{ scope: 'device', transform: 'shse', port: null }],
+          },
+          outgoing: {
+            net: [{ transform: 'shse' }],
+          },
         },
+        ...config.global,
       },
-      ...opts,
     })
 }