diff --git a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/package.json b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/package.json
index c777734cd5..3c77a62be7 100644
--- a/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/package.json
+++ b/samples/features/json/todo-app/nodejs-express4-rest-api/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "config": "^1.26.1",
-    "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "tedious": "^1.14.0",
     "express4-tedious": "^0.3.0"