diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5507a941edf..c3a3a689939 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "sorted-object": "~2.0.1",
     "sorted-union-stream": "~2.1.3",
     "strip-ansi": "~3.0.1",
-    "tar": "~2.2.1",
+    "tar": "~4.4.2",
     "text-table": "~0.2.0",
     "uid-number": "0.0.6",
     "umask": "~1.1.0",