diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23c7e4a3..95fdf7a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "is-file": false
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^3.1.1",
+    "bencode": "^4.0.0",
     "block-iterator": "^1.1.1",
     "fast-readable-async-iterator": "^1.1.1",
     "is-file": "^1.0.0",