diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 81b8df9699..0a3ce4e887 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "jshint": "^2.8.0",
     "metrics": "^0.1.9",
     "mocha": "^2.3.2",
-    "nyc": "^5.2.0",
+    "nyc": "^6.0.0",
     "optional-dev-dependency": "^1.1.0",
     "tcp-port-used": "^0.1.2",
     "uuid": "^2.0.1",