diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c85bb1..bf25fb9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/feross/bittorrent-tracker/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^0.7.0",
+    "bencode": "^0.8.0",
     "bn.js": "^4.4.0",
     "buffer-equal": "^1.0.0",
     "compact2string": "^1.2.0",