diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc17993..67a7245 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "hubot-ibmcloud-formatter": "latest",
     "hubot-ibmcloud-nlc": "latest",
     "hubot-shell": "^1.0.2",
-    "hubot-slack": "^3.4.2",
+    "hubot-slack": "^4.0.2",
     "hubot-test-helper": "^1.4.4",
     "istanbul": "0.4.0",
     "mocha": "^2.4.5",