diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0de981c..844cd67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "debug": "~2.2.0",
     "express": "~4.14.0",
     "jade": "~1.11.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.1",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "moment": "^2.17.1",
     "mongoose": "^4.7.7",