diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2357b173..e113497a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "node-uuid": "~1.4.3",
     "optimist": "~0.6.1",
     "readfiletree": "~0.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "~2.4.4",
+    "rimraf": "~2.5.0",
     "slump": "~2.0.0",
     "tape": "~4.3.0"
   },