diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f3e6359e..5f24c34ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pino",
-  "version": "2.8.3",
+  "version": "2.9.0",
   "description": "fast and simple logger",
   "main": "pino.js",
   "browser": {
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     "log": "^1.4.0",
     "loglevel": "^1.4.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.1.2",
-    "standard": "^7.0.0",
-    "tap": "^5.5.0",
+    "standard": "^8.0.0",
+    "tap": "^7.0.0",
     "winston": "^2.1.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pino.js b/pino.js
index b44865e92..e8feaca03 100644
--- a/pino.js
+++ b/pino.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Pino.prototype.asJson = function asJson (obj, msg, num) {
   }
   var data = this._baseLog + lscache[num] + this.time()
   // to catch both null and undefined
-  /*eslint-disable eqeqeq*/
+  /* eslint-disable eqeqeq */
   if (msg != undefined) {
     data += ',"msg":"' + fastRep(msg) + '"'
   }