diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0dbb18ad..151ea8d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "criton": "^2.0.0",
     "currify": "^4.0.0",
     "deepmerge": "^4.0.0",
-    "deepword": "^8.0.0",
+    "deepword": "^9.0.0",
     "dword": "^15.0.0",
     "edward": "^15.0.0",
     "es6-promisify": "^7.0.0",