diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83d766313..25cfe1700 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-api"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "aegir": "^6.0.0",
+    "aegir": "^8.0.0",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "hapi": "^15.0.2",