diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24ffdc55a..ee25d33c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
-    "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+    "utf-8-validate": ">=5.0.2"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "bufferutil": {
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
     "mocha": "^8.4.0",
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.0.5",
-    "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2"
+    "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }