diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ac620d..52b9207 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "grunt-text-replace": "~0.3.2",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.3.0",
-    "bower": "~1.1.0",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "grunt-recess": "~0.3.5",
     "assemble": "~0.4.4"
   }