diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8442aa9..c00b6884 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "is-ipfs": "^0.2.0",
     "isstream": "^0.1.2",
     "multihashes": "^0.2.2",
-    "readable-stream": "^1.1.13",
+    "readable-stream": "^2.1.5",
     "run-series": "^1.1.4",
     "streamifier": "^0.1.1",
     "through2": "^2.0.0"