diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29cf42d..dd1469e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "cors": "^2.8.4",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.1.9",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.0.0",
     "mongoose": "^4.6.0",
     "morgan": "^1.8.2",
     "swagger-node-express": "~2.0",