diff --git a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
index 0ae6141..586f545 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # 2. Download the gateway-conformance fixtures
       - name: Download gateway-conformance fixtures
-        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/extract-fixtures@v0.2
+        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/extract-fixtures@v0.3
         with:
           output: fixtures
 
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Import fixtures
         run: |
           # Import car files
-          find ./fixtures -name '*.car' -exec ipfs dag import --pin-roots=false {} \;
+          find ./fixtures -name '*.car' -exec ipfs dag import --pin-roots=false --offline {} \;
+
+          # Import ipns records
+          records=$(find ./fixtures -name '*.ipns-record')
+          for record in $records
+          do
+              key=$(basename -s .ipns-record "$record" | cut -d'_' -f1)
+              ipfs routing put --allow-offline --offline "/ipns/$key" "$record"
+          done
 
           # Import dnslink records
           # the IPFS_NS_MAP env will be used by the daemon
@@ -57,15 +65,16 @@ jobs:
 
       # 6. Run the gateway-conformance tests
       - name: Run gateway-conformance tests
-        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/test@v0.2
+        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/test@v0.3
         with:
           gateway-url: http://127.0.0.1:8081
           json: output.json
           xml: output.xml
           html: output.html
           markdown: output.md
-          specs: +trustless-gateway,-trustless-ipns-gateway,+path-gateway,-path-ipns-gateway,+subdomain-gateway,-subdomain-ipns-gateway,+dnslink-gateway
-          args: -skip 'TestGatewayCar/GET_response_for_application/vnd.ipld.car/Header_Content-Length'
+          specs: +trustless-gateway,+path-gateway,+subdomain-gateway,+dnslink-gateway,+redirects-file
+          # use below to skip specific test if needed
+          # args: -skip 'TestFooBr/GET_response_for_something'
 
       # 7. Upload the results
       - name: Upload MD summary
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3a93870..f7c9f89 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/cskr/pubsub v1.0.2
 	github.com/filecoin-saturn/caboose v0.0.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.1
-	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.10.2-0.20230627114119-8424cf4e020a
+	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.1.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-unixfsnode v1.7.1
+	github.com/ipld/go-car v0.6.0
+	github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33
 	github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0
 	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.26.3
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1
 	github.com/rs/dnscache v0.0.0-20211102005908-e0241e321417
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.6.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/willscott/go-requestcontext v0.0.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.40.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.40.0
@@ -86,10 +88,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.10.1-0.20230601163447-eceea556e7d4 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-verifcid v0.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ipld/go-car v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f910226..643ffbf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1 h1:U3uMjPSQEBMNp1lFxmllqCPM6P5u/Xq7P
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 h1:Gi+8EGJ2y5qiD5FbsbpX/TMNcJw8gSqr7eyjHa4Fhvs=
 github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4/go.mod h1:cS9YprKXpoZ9lT0n/Mw/a6/aFV6DTjTLYHeA+gyqMG0=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.10.2-0.20230627114119-8424cf4e020a h1:Yiy9cuIbazoTzjcRer4NNWeSv3qPJfsZUX9rHQEBe08=
-github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.10.2-0.20230627114119-8424cf4e020a/go.mod h1:eVXIkLOG+fTJSuXtkANlwLllV1CEayOZnbDClK8ZOQY=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.0 h1:urMxhZ3xoF4HssJVD3+0ssGT9pptEfHfbL8DYdoWFlg=
+github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.11.0/go.mod h1:8IfDmp+FzFGcF4zjAgHMVPpwYw4AjN9ePEzDfkaYJ1w=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0 h1:j1WVvhDX1yhG32NTC9xfxnqycqYIlhzEzLXG/cU1HyQ=
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5/go.mod h1:j0b8ZoR+7+R99LD9jZ6+AJsrzkPbSXbZfGakb5JP
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:/8d0SH3Su5Ooc31QlL1WysJhvyOTDCjcCZ9Axpmri6g=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1 h1:1XdUzF7048prq4aBjDQQ4SL5RxftpRGdXhNRwKSAlcY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1/go.mod h1:prSpmC1Gpllc9UYWxDiZDreBYw7zp4Iqp1kOLU9U5UI=
-github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.10.1-0.20230601163447-eceea556e7d4 h1:qOnP2EUTr5QJqxW5xhB5XiuOyr9/G5UC5P981qBNnb8=
-github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.10.1-0.20230601163447-eceea556e7d4/go.mod h1:GO+7K3Ez1L+/JAnFDYRWdOyD5ZXUuqy4SFdfOBudkiw=
+github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.11.0 h1:DgzwK5hprESOzS4O1t/wi6JDpyVQdvm9Bs59N/jqfBY=
+github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.11.0/go.mod h1:Q4f/1ezvBiJV0YCIXvt51W/9/kqJGH4I1LsA7+djsM4=
 github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1 h1:j+cpbjYvu4R8zbleSs36gvB7jR+wsL2fGD6n0jO4kdg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.0.1/go.mod h1:6s6euYU4zowdslK0GKHmqaIZ3j/b/tL7HTWtJ4VPgWY=
 github.com/ipfs/go-peertaskqueue v0.8.1 h1:YhxAs1+wxb5jk7RvS0LHdyiILpNmRIRnZVztekOF0pg=
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-verifcid v0.0.2 h1:XPnUv0XmdH+ZIhLGKg6U2vaPaRDXb9urMyNVCE7uvT
 github.com/ipfs/go-verifcid v0.0.2/go.mod h1:40cD9x1y4OWnFXbLNJYRe7MpNvWlMn3LZAG5Wb4xnPU=
 github.com/ipld/go-car v0.6.0 h1:d5QrGLnHAxiNLHor+DKGrLdqnM0dQJh2whfSXRDq6J0=
 github.com/ipld/go-car v0.6.0/go.mod h1:tBrW1XZ3L2XipLxA69RnTVGW3rve6VX4TbaTYkq8aEA=
-github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.9.1-0.20230325062757-fff0e4397a3d h1:22g+x1tgWSXK34i25qjs+afr7basaneEkHaglBshd2g=
+github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33 h1:0OZwzSYWIuiKEOXd/2vm5cMcEmmGLFn+1h6lHELCm3s=
+github.com/ipld/go-car/v2 v2.10.2-0.20230622090957-499d0c909d33/go.mod h1:sQEkXVM3csejlb1kCCb+vQ/pWBKX9QtvsrysMQjOgOg=
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0 h1:9nYazfyu9B1p3NAgfVdpRco3Fs2nFC72DqVsMj6rOcc=
 github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ANzFhfP2uMJxRBr8CE+WQWs5UsNa0pYtmKZ+agnUw9s=
 github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.20.0 h1:Ud3VwE9ClxpO2LkCYP7vWPc0Fo+dYdYzgxUJZ3uRG4g=
@@ -602,8 +603,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/tarm/serial v0.0.0-20180830185346-98f6abe2eb07/go.mod h1:kDXzergiv9cbyO7IOYJZWg1U88JhDg3PB6klq9Hg2pA=
 github.com/tcnksm/go-httpstat v0.2.0 h1:rP7T5e5U2HfmOBmZzGgGZjBQ5/GluWUylujl0tJ04I0=
 github.com/tcnksm/go-httpstat v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s3JVJFtQxtBEBC9dwcdTTXS9xFnM3SXAZwPG41aurT8=
diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 2463d72..0397a39 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -119,16 +119,20 @@ func makeGatewayHandler(bs bstore.Blockstore, kuboRPC []string, port int, blockC
 
 	// Note: in the future we may want to make this more configurable.
 	noDNSLink := false
+
+	// TODO: allow appending hostnames to this list via ENV variable (separate PATH_GATEWAY_HOSTS & SUBDOMAIN_GATEWAY_HOSTS)
 	publicGateways := map[string]*gateway.PublicGateway{
 		"localhost": {
 			Paths:                 []string{"/ipfs", "/ipns"},
 			NoDNSLink:             noDNSLink,
+			InlineDNSLink:         false,
 			DeserializedResponses: true,
 			UseSubdomains:         true,
 		},
 		"dweb.link": {
 			Paths:                 []string{"/ipfs", "/ipns"},
 			NoDNSLink:             noDNSLink,
+			InlineDNSLink:         true,
 			DeserializedResponses: true,
 			UseSubdomains:         true,
 		},
@@ -139,9 +143,13 @@ func makeGatewayHandler(bs bstore.Blockstore, kuboRPC []string, port int, blockC
 		publicGateways["example.com"] = &gateway.PublicGateway{
 			Paths:                 []string{"/ipfs", "/ipns"},
 			NoDNSLink:             noDNSLink,
+			InlineDNSLink:         true,
 			DeserializedResponses: true,
 			UseSubdomains:         true,
 		}
+
+		// TODO: revisit the below once we clarify desired behavior in https://specs.ipfs.tech/http-gateways/subdomain-gateway/
+		publicGateways["localhost"].InlineDNSLink = true
 	}
 
 	gwConf.NoDNSLink = noDNSLink
diff --git a/lib/graph_gateway.go b/lib/graph_gateway.go
index a0da38a..21fc287 100644
--- a/lib/graph_gateway.go
+++ b/lib/graph_gateway.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	exchange "github.com/ipfs/boxo/exchange"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/gateway"
-	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/car"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/namesys"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/namesys/resolve"
 	ipfspath "github.com/ipfs/boxo/path"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	format "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
 	golog "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car"
 	routinghelpers "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/routing"
diff --git a/test-backend/handlers.go b/test-backend/handlers.go
index ad81d40..231583e 100644
--- a/test-backend/handlers.go
+++ b/test-backend/handlers.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/fetcher"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/files"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/gateway"
-	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/car"
-	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/car/util"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/merkledag"
 	unixfile "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/unixfs/file"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/path"
@@ -25,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	blocks "github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
 	format "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-unixfsnode"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-car/util"
 	dagpb "github.com/ipld/go-codec-dagpb"
 	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime"
 	cidlink "github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/linking/cid"
diff --git a/test-backend/main.go b/test-backend/main.go
index 0a31870..a61b27f 100644
--- a/test-backend/main.go
+++ b/test-backend/main.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/bitswap/network"
 	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/blockservice"
 	offline "github.com/ipfs/boxo/exchange/offline"
-	carbs "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipld/car/v2/blockstore"
 	golog "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	carbs "github.com/ipld/go-car/v2/blockstore"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
 	dht "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/host"