diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2da585d91..21de651fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
-    "tape": "^4.2.0",
+    "tape": "^4.6.0",
     "taper": "^0.4.0"
   }
 }