diff --git a/node_modules/spdx-expression-parse/package.json b/node_modules/spdx-expression-parse/package.json
index c3a22afcf7dfc..96aade43b3180 100644
--- a/node_modules/spdx-expression-parse/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/spdx-expression-parse/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "defence-cli": "^3.0.1",
     "replace-require-self": "^1.0.0",
-    "standard": "^14.1.0"
+    "standard": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "SPDX",