diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 47945f05d..577a44ffe 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-random",
-			"Rev": "2e83344e7dc7898f94501665af34edd4aa95a013"
+			"Rev": "c50d0ce235bacde481d3e885b5dfd562c75c981a"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher",
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/.travis.yml b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b27568bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+language: go
+
+go:
+  - 1.3
+  - release
+  - tip
+
+script:
+  - go test ./...
+
+env: TEST_VERBOSE=1
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/random/random.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/random/random.go
index 0222c59d3..237b182c5 100644
--- a/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/random/random.go
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random/random/random.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	random "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-random"
 )
 
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ func main() {
 		usageError()
 	}
 
-	count, err := strconv.ParseInt(os.Args[1], 10, 64)
+	countuint64, err := humanize.ParseBytes(os.Args[1])
 	if err != nil {
 		usageError()
 	}
+	count := int64(countuint64)
 
 	if l == 2 {
 		err = random.WriteRandomBytes(count, os.Stdout)