diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c470eb..a2ec5f4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "mocha": "~2.0.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "debug": "~2.2.0",
+    "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "gonzales-pe": "^3.4.4",
     "node-source-walk": "^3.2.0"
   }