diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 725fdf79..64318b29 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^1.0.0",
     "karma-mocha": "^1.3.0",
     "mocha": "^4.0.0",
-    "standard": "*"
+    "standard": ">=12.0.0"
   },
   "standard": {
     "globals": [