diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a271d8b..825895ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     "shortdate": "^1.0.1",
     "sinon": "^2.1.0",
     "sinon-called-with-diff": "^1.0.0",
-    "socket.io-client": "^1.5.1",
+    "socket.io-client": "^2.0.1",
     "stylelint": "^7.0.2",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^16.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.4.0",