diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb3ddb1..26c0a83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "grunt-ngmin": "~0.0.2",
     "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.2.0",
     "time-grunt": "~0.2.1",
-    "bower": "~1.2.8",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "grunt-bower-install": "~0.8.0",
     "karma": "0.12.2",
     "grunt-karma": "latest",