diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d4ca513bd920..ef4ec4f6dac73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 		"phone": "git+https://github.com/Automattic/node-phone.git#v2.4.0-pre-1",
 		"photon": "file:./packages/photon",
 		"postcss-cli": "6.1.2",
-		"prismjs": "1.16.0",
+		"prismjs": "1.27.0",
 		"prop-types": "15.7.2",
 		"qrcode.react": "0.9.3",
 		"qs": "6.7.0",