diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 635f62c7..e7635851 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "is-file": false
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^3.0.3",
+    "bencode": "^3.1.1",
     "block-iterator": "^1.1.1",
     "fast-readable-async-iterator": "^1.1.1",
     "is-file": "^1.0.0",