diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70264e1f7..8a94c252c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "socket.io-client": "1.0.6",
     "soop": "=0.1.5",
     "winston": "*",
-    "xmlhttprequest": "~1.6.0"
+    "xmlhttprequest": "~1.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "*",