diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc24e5fc1d..c55660604e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "ember-cli-template-lint": "0.4.12",
     "ember-cli-test-loader": "^1.1.0",
     "ember-cli-uglify": "^1.2.0",
-    "ember-data": "~2.8.1",
+    "ember-data": "2.8.1",
     "ember-export-application-global": "^1.0.5",
     "ember-i18n": "4.3.2",
     "ember-keyboard": "2.1.4",