diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0c3ac6eb8..5648d8a8ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.1",
     "pull-stream-to-stream": "^1.3.4",
     "pull-zip": "^2.0.1",
-    "read-pkg-up": "^3.0.0",
+    "read-pkg-up": "^8.0.0",
     "readable-stream": "2.3.3",
     "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
     "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2",