diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9279089d7b..588380e05a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "request": "^2.87.0",
     "rimraf": "2",
     "semver": "~5.3.0",
-    "tar": "^2.0.0",
+    "tar": "^4.4.8",
     "which": "1"
   },
   "engines": {