diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20f6c93a..174fe17f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "pretest": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "entities": "~3.0.1",
+    "entities": "~7.0.0",
     "mdurl": "~1.0.1",
     "minimist": "~1.2.8"
   },