diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 58fa4236c..853f703b0 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                  [org.clojure/java.classpath "0.2.2"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.namespace "0.2.10"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.trace "0.7.8"]
-                 [org.clojure/tools.reader "0.8.16"]]
+                 [org.clojure/tools.reader "0.9.1"]]
   :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]
   :test-paths ["test/common"] ;; See `test-clj` and `test-cljs` profiles below.
   :profiles {:provided {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]]}