diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cf1f263fbda..c43edf94c164 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "pluralize": "^1.2.1",
     "progress": "^1.1.8",
     "require-uncached": "^1.0.2",
-    "shelljs": "^0.7.5",
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
     "strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "~2.0.1",
     "table": "^3.7.8",