diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a3276b..8c2a4ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		"graceful-fs": "4.1.x",
 		"mkdirp": "0.5.x",
 		"protoblast": "~0.3.1",
-		"request": "~2.57.0",
+		"request": "~2.81.0",
 		"xml2js": "0.4.x",
 		"yencer": "~0.1.1"
 	},