diff --git a/packages/socketio/package.json b/packages/socketio/package.json
index 2450d75e73..3442be1459 100644
--- a/packages/socketio/package.json
+++ b/packages/socketio/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/socket.io": "~1.4.27",
-    "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "debug": "^3.0.0",
     "feathers-socket-commons": "^2.0.0",
     "socket.io": "^2.0.1",
     "uberproto": "^1.2.0"