diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 520ec5c..a05285e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^2.5.0",
     "semantic-release": "^6.0.3",
     "simple-mock": "^0.6.0",
-    "standard": "^7.0.1",
+    "standard": "^8.0.0",
     "tap-min": "^1.0.0",
     "tap-spec": "^4.1.1",
     "tape": "^4.4.0",