diff --git a/lively.ide/package.json b/lively.ide/package.json
index b3c5f7f951..17cf1263d1 100644
--- a/lively.ide/package.json
+++ b/lively.ide/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "lively.shell": "https://github.com/LivelyKernel/lively.shell",
     "lively.lang": "^1.0.0",
     "prettier": "1.18.2",
-    "semver": "5.3.0",
+    "semver": "5.7.2",
     "mermaid-it-markdown": "1.0.8",
     "diff": "7.0.0",
     "parse5": "7.0.0",