diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0c3ac6eb8..c2c6ab81c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     "lodash.values": "^4.3.0",
     "mafmt": "^3.0.2",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.17",
-    "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
+    "mkdirp": "~1.0.0",
     "multiaddr": "^3.0.1",
     "multihashes": "~0.4.12",
     "once": "^1.4.0",