diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index 567aafb9a1737a..bcae09a4316a85 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "read-package-tree": "~5.1.2",
     "readable-stream": "~2.1.0",
     "realize-package-specifier": "~3.0.3",
-    "request": "~2.72.0",
+    "request": "~2.88.2",
     "retry": "~0.9.0",
     "rimraf": "~2.5.2",
     "semver": "~5.1.0",