diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbec304..d0e4dbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@types/bcrypt": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/helmet": "^0.0.47",
-    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^7.2.8",
+    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
     "@types/power-assert": "^1.5.3",
     "@types/sequelize": "^4.28.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 35f5fbb..a9516e9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/express" "*"
 
-"@types/jsonwebtoken@^7.2.8":
-  version "7.2.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-7.2.8.tgz#8d199dab4ddb5bba3234f8311b804d2027af2b3a"
+"@types/jsonwebtoken@^8.5.0":
+  version "8.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/jsonwebtoken/-/jsonwebtoken-8.5.0.tgz#2531d5e300803aa63279b232c014acf780c981c5"
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"