diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8cd5867e807ed..675053bb48a15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     "script-loader": "0.6.1",
     "semver": "5.1.0",
     "style-loader": "0.12.3",
-    "tar": "2.2.0",
+    "tar": "6.1.4",
     "tinygradient": "0.3.0",
     "trunc-html": "1.0.2",
     "trunc-text": "1.0.2",