diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca504d78..82cdb6bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
     "semver": "^4.3.3",
     "short-id": "^0.1.0",
     "shortid": "^2.1",
-    "socket.io": "^1.2",
-    "socket.io-client": "^1.2",
+    "socket.io": "^2.4.0",
+    "socket.io-client": "^2.4.0",
     "splitargs": "^0.0",
     "sprintf-js": "^1.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^2.0.1",