diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b346ac1fd..848b3925e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "showdown-ghost": "0.3.6",
     "sqlite3": "3.1.0",
     "unidecode": "0.1.7",
-    "validator": "3.40.0",
+    "validator": "4.1.0",
     "xml": "1.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {