diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9f3cd8..6c3623f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "grunt-gh-pages": "~0.10.0",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.10.1",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.6.0",
-    "bower": "~1.4.1",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "karma-jasmine": "~0.3.3",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1.3",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~0.2.0"