diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ba0341f0..0e041d221 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
-    "standard": "^11.0.0",
+    "standard": "^12.0.0",
     "tape": "^4.6.0",
     "taper": "^0.5.0"
   },