diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b859b80d..310f9153 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "criton": "^2.0.0",
     "currify": "^4.0.0",
     "deepmerge": "^4.0.0",
-    "deepword": "^7.0.0",
+    "deepword": "^8.0.0",
     "dword": "^13.0.0",
     "edward": "^13.0.0",
     "es6-promisify": "^6.0.2",