diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3904bc..6b9e9c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "p-wait-for": "^3.1.0",
     "peer-id": "^0.13.3",
     "peer-info": "^0.17.0",
-    "sinon": "^7.5.0",
+    "sinon": "^8.1.1",
     "streaming-iterables": "^4.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {