diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cc4042717..5c4de2df71 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "jshint": "^2.8.0",
     "metrics": "^0.1.9",
     "mocha": "^2.3.2",
-    "nyc": "^3.2.2",
+    "nyc": "^4.0.1",
     "optional-dev-dependency": "^1.1.0",
     "tcp-port-used": "^0.1.2",
     "uuid": "^2.0.1",