diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 883a774086..cce2e4d55f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "request": "^2.87.0",
     "rimraf": "2",
     "semver": "~5.3.0",
-    "tar": "^3.1.3",
+    "tar": "^4.4.8",
     "which": "1"
   },
   "engines": {