diff --git a/blueprints/ember-octicons/index.js b/blueprints/ember-octicons/index.js
index 9fc5825b..58ebe940 100644
--- a/blueprints/ember-octicons/index.js
+++ b/blueprints/ember-octicons/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ module.exports = {
   normalizeEntityName() {}, // no-op since we're just adding dependencies
 
   afterInstall() {
-    return this.addPackageToProject('octicons', '~8.3.0');
+    return this.addPackageToProject('octicons', '^8.0.0');
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8c2d9b7..1b3c7948 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "octicons": "^7.2.0"
+    "octicons": "^8.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ember/optional-features": "^0.7.0",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-ember": "^6.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^8.0.0",
     "loader.js": "^4.7.0",
-    "octicons": "~8.3.0"
+    "octicons": "^8.4.2"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "6.* || 8.* || >= 10.*"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e903b528..ce2cde4b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7548,10 +7548,10 @@ object.pick@^1.3.0:
   dependencies:
     isobject "^3.0.1"
 
-octicons@~8.3.0:
-  version "8.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/octicons/-/octicons-8.3.0.tgz#88206818d8b531317ede7d5e1bb53beee62b7a9e"
-  integrity sha512-zyc72Pz2TV4Ae3pcrmy9zUhG9QFU1CtS682Cp6fV4o36fskN+RJsaA1L5bFg6xMASDPX+glnjv0B7Tp1uz6J5A==
+octicons@^8.4.2:
+  version "8.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/octicons/-/octicons-8.4.2.tgz#1867cb5157b9f928ef80f284543d04d11514789a"
+  integrity sha512-rl6FPFU8rWP7PUP6aoyBjm/VXhshWV0QglEMCHglyh5gCHQZozioq61bM40bvtxKJ910iqwANuuXT039Ke6I+Q==
   dependencies:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"