diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5507a941edf..a5a60adf20b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "read-package-tree": "~5.1.5",
     "readable-stream": "~2.2.2",
     "realize-package-specifier": "~3.0.3",
-    "request": "~2.78.0",
+    "request": "~2.84.0",
     "retry": "~0.10.0",
     "rimraf": "~2.5.4",
     "semver": "~5.3.0",