diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 512c61d..e0f1659 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "tourdino": "git+ssh://git@github.com:Caleydo/tourdino#semver:^8.0.0",
     "vega": "~5.20.0",
     "vega-embed": "6.19.1",
-    "vega-functions": "5.12.0",
+    "vega-functions": "5.17.0",
     "vega-lite": "5.1.1",
     "vega-parser": "6.1.3",
     "visyn_scripts": "^4.1.0"