diff --git a/Node/core-ChannelData/package.json b/Node/core-ChannelData/package.json
index fde6a338ce..5bde687ffa 100644
--- a/Node/core-ChannelData/package.json
+++ b/Node/core-ChannelData/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "botbuilder": "^3.7.0",
+    "botbuilder": "^3.8.1",
     "dotenv-extended": "^1.0.4",
     "restify": "^4.3.0"
   }