diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92dae3d5..b5c0a1d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "bufferutil": "^4.0.3",
-    "utf-8-validate": "^5.0.5"
+    "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",