diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d9fec8..0ddfa49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/webtorrent/parse-torrent-file/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bencode": "^1.0.0",
+    "bencode": "^2.0.0",
     "simple-sha1": "^2.0.0",
     "uniq": "^1.0.1"
   },