diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ff910e1a..4810eebf0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "prettier": "1.9.1",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "semantic-release": "^10.0.1",
-    "sinon": "^4.0.0",
+    "sinon": "^5.0.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.0",
     "temp": "^0.8.3",
     "tslint": "^5.8.0",