diff --git a/src/adhocracy_frontend/checkcode_and_compile.cfg b/src/adhocracy_frontend/checkcode_and_compile.cfg
index 8944d5acb..070b660ac 100644
--- a/src/adhocracy_frontend/checkcode_and_compile.cfg
+++ b/src/adhocracy_frontend/checkcode_and_compile.cfg
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ inline =
         "devDependencies": {
             "typescript": "1.8.10",
             "tslint": "3.15.1",
-            "bower": "1.7.9",
+            "bower": "1.8.0",
             "jasmine": "2.4.1",
             "protractor": "3.3.0",
             "sync-exec": "0.6.2",