diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cf5142a4..14f989762 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "kew": "0.4.0",
     "npmconf": "2.1.1",
     "progress": "1.1.8",
-    "request": "2.42.0",
+    "request": "2.76.0",
     "request-progress": "0.3.1",
     "which": "~1.0.5"
   },