diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e5a540..c5abcdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "bower": "~1.3"
+    "bower": "~1.8"
   },
   "engine": {
     "node": "0.10.x",