diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46a3776..32d341b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "lab": "11.0.1",
     "proxyquire": "1.7.10",
     "sinon": "1.17.6",
-    "standard": "8.1.0"
+    "standard": "8.4.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "pretest": "standard",