diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 959cef17d..f0c177d31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "component-bind": "1.0.0",
     "component-emitter": "1.2.1",
     "debug": "~2.6.4",
-    "engine.io-client": "~3.1.0",
+    "engine.io-client": "~5.0.0",
     "has-cors": "1.1.0",
     "indexof": "0.0.1",
     "object-component": "0.0.3",