diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b136a0900510b91fc8bdb0cb116c9513346677cd..9ee97afab1e8e8431f405e237bbbd9e9ea116c3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "native-keymap": "1.2.5",
     "native-watchdog": "0.3.0",
     "node-pty": "0.7.4",
-    "semver": "4.3.6",
+    "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "spdlog": "0.6.0",
     "sudo-prompt": "^8.0.0",
     "v8-inspect-profiler": "^0.0.7",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d7f185e56005d4b7574c9724a4fcc5b33b4f9241..2bed6960b3253489bde9baee2b90ea7778cef1c9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5032,11 +5032,11 @@ semaphore@1.0.5:
   version "5.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.4.1.tgz#e059c09d8571f0540823733433505d3a2f00b18e"
 
-semver@4.3.6, semver@^4.1.0, semver@^4.3.4:
+semver@^4.1.0, semver@^4.3.4:
   version "4.3.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-4.3.6.tgz#300bc6e0e86374f7ba61068b5b1ecd57fc6532da"
 
-semver@^5.4.1:
+semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#dc4bbc7a6ca9d916dee5d43516f0092b58f7b8ab"