diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 922c1807..1b086908 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     "smalltalk": "^4.0.0",
     "style-loader": "^2.0.0",
     "supermenu": "^4.0.1",
-    "supertape": "^7.1.0",
+    "supertape": "^8.1.0",
     "tar-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "unionfs": "^4.0.0",
     "url-loader": "^4.0.0",