diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e6f58d..a1a7bac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     "sinon": "9.2.4",
     "style-loader": "2.0.0",
     "tap-spec": "5.0.0",
-    "tape": "5.0.1",
+    "tape": "5.9.0",
     "url-loader": "4.1.1",
     "webpack-cli": "3.3.12",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "3.7.2",