diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64296ce..48f5fc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "migroose": "^0.5.0",
     "migroose-cli": "^0.1.0",
     "moment": "^2.10.6",
-    "mongoose": "~4.1.8",
+    "mongoose": "~5.9.1",
     "mongoose-unique-validator": "~0.4.1",
     "mongoose-validate": "0.0.5",
     "multer": "^0.1.8",