diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c38b9dc..dee49af7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "chai": "^3.4.1",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.6",
     "mocha": "^3.0.0",
-    "nyc": "^7.0.0",
+    "nyc": "^8.1.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.0",
     "standard": "^7.1.0"
   }