diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 956992a..2e1732b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "ssh2-sftp-client": "^5.0.0",
+    "ssh2-sftp-client": "^12.0.0",
     "tar.gz": "git+https://github.com/alanhoff/node-tar.gz.git"
   }
 }