diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07e87364f978..80baded56c4a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "electron",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "asar": "0.2.2",
+    "asar": "0.5.0",
     "coffee-script": "~1.7.1",
     "coffeelint": "~1.3.0",
     "request": "*",