diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fcc8f56db..c7d10050e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "debug": "~2.6.6",
     "engine.io": "~3.1.0",
     "socket.io-adapter": "~1.1.0",
-    "socket.io-client": "2.0.4",
+    "socket.io-client": "4.8.0",
     "socket.io-parser": "~3.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {