diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c257a083..e4f3b87c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^6.1.0",
     "sinon": "^21.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
-    "tap": "^16.1.0",
+    "tap": "^21.5.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.4.0",
     "ts-standard": "^12.0.1",
     "tsd": "^0.33.0",