diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b3aa922..c1c4978e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.8",
     "pull-stream-to-stream": "^1.3.4",
     "pull-zip": "^2.0.1",
-    "read-pkg-up": "^4.0.0",
+    "read-pkg-up": "^8.0.0",
     "readable-stream": "2.3.6",
     "receptacle": "^1.3.2",
     "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2",