diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9a92c38ca..ec8475c6f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "passport-twitter": "^1.0.2",
     "phantomjs": ">=1.9.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.3.0",
-    "socket.io": "^1.3.5",
+    "socket.io": "^3.0.0",
     "swig": "^1.4.2",
     "validator": "^3.41.2"
   },