diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16f443841c..231fa2ec91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "ember-cli-template-lint": "0.4.12",
     "ember-cli-test-loader": "^1.1.0",
     "ember-cli-uglify": "^1.2.0",
-    "ember-data": "^2.8.0",
+    "ember-data": "~2.8.1",
     "ember-export-application-global": "^1.0.5",
     "ember-i18n": "4.3.2",
     "ember-keyboard": "2.1.3",