diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e814a5..5a13ad0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "jsonformatter": "^0.4.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
     "q-io": "^1.13.1",
-    "socket.io": "^1.3.7",
+    "socket.io": "^2.0.2",
     "sqs-consumer": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }