diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56cf49d1..6e40d06e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "sinon": "^21.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
-    "tap": "^16.1.0",
+    "tap": "^21.1.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.4.0",
     "ts-standard": "^12.0.1",
     "tsd": "^0.33.0",