diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6af8c34c5..f4f45fc79 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
-    "standard": "^9.0.0",
+    "standard": "^17.0.0",
     "tap": "^15.1.5",
     "tape": "^4.6.0"
   },