diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad8f34c..8bb4f23 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "mocha": "~3.5.0",
     "nyc": "^11.0.0",
     "request": "^2.49.0",
-    "sinon": "~2.4.0",
+    "sinon": "~3.0.0",
     "sinon-chai": "~2.12.0"
   },
   "directories": {