diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 129a5e6..f1653c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "inversify-binding-decorators": "^3.0.0",
     "inversify-logger-middleware": "^3.0.0",
     "inversify-restify-utils": "^3.2.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.4.1",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.0.0",
     "mongoose": "^4.10.1",
     "mongoose-type-email": "^1.0.5",
     "mongoose-unique-validator": "^1.0.5",