diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36717a0..9cc171c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "repository": "https://github.com/digitalreasoning/AnnoMirror",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bower": "~1.4.1",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.3.4",
     "karma": "^0.12.37",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.0",