diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83b63bc..0a5f013 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "mocha": "^6.1.4",
     "nodemon": "^1.19.1",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
-    "sinon": "^7.3.2",
+    "sinon": "^8.0.0",
     "standard": "^12.0.1",
     "text-encoding": "^0.7.0"
   },