diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0cbdebe..97af96d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "major": "npm version major -m\"update version to %s\" && git push && git push --tags"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "merge": "^1.2.0",
+    "merge": "^2.1.1",
     "plugin-error": "^1.0.1",
     "react-templates": "^0.6.1",
     "through2": "^2.0.0"