diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44cc1ba861..2c5ac27330 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     "thundercats-react": "~0.5.1",
     "uglify-js": "^2.5.0",
     "url-regex": "^3.0.0",
-    "validator": "^4.2.1",
+    "validator": "^5.0.0",
     "webpack": "^1.9.12",
     "webpack-stream": "^3.1.0",
     "xss-filters": "^1.2.6",