diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb75c21..53419b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "grunt-bump": "~0.0.14"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "request": "~2.36.0",
+    "request": "~2.40.0",
     "lodash": "~2.4.1"
   }
 }