diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9d4315..2d3d819 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-hapi": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.5.0",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.0.1",
-    "lab": "^14.1.0",
+    "lab": "^17.2.1",
     "sinon": "^5.0.10"
   },
   "engines": {