diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ee44216..01fee214 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/webtorrent/bittorrent-dht/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^2.0.2",
+    "bencode": "^2.0.3",
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "k-bucket": "^5.0.0",
     "k-rpc": "^5.0.0",