diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2c9794..a5bf71d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "A browser firendly .ics/.vcs file generator written entirely in javascript",
   "main": "ics.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "bower": "~1.2.8",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "file-saver": "^1.3.3",
     "grunt": "~0.4.2",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",