diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bf7bba8c1b..932558e60a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 		"phpunit/phpunit-selenium": "~1.4.0",
 		"phing/phing": "2.*",
 		"phpseclib/mcrypt_compat": "^1.0",
-		"pear/archive_tar": "~1.4.6"
+		"pear/archive_tar": "~1.5.0"
 	},
 	"extra": {
 		"branch-alias": {