diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db3bede3..cd598e69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "proxyquire": "^1.7.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.0",
     "standard": "^5.3.0",
-    "tap": "^4.0.0"
+    "tap": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10",