diff --git a/tools/awslint/package.json b/tools/awslint/package.json
index 9af8d99d0a950..2527de576df9f 100644
--- a/tools/awslint/package.json
+++ b/tools/awslint/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "awslint": "bin/awslint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@jsii/spec": "^0.22.0",
+    "@jsii/spec": "^1.0.0",
     "camelcase": "^5.3.1",
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",