diff --git a/packager/package.json b/packager/package.json
index 2ea83333e54065..9f94133362c7e8 100644
--- a/packager/package.json
+++ b/packager/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "chalk": "^1.1.1",
     "concat-stream": "^1.6.0",
     "core-js": "^2.2.2",
-    "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "denodeify": "^1.2.1",
     "fbjs": "^0.8.9",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",