diff --git a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/package.json b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/package.json
index a2c80b80ae..f0096a54dc 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/package.json
+++ b/dspace-xmlui-mirage2/src/main/webapp/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.1",
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
-    "bower": "1.3.12",
+    "bower": "1.7.9",
     "grunt": "~0.4.4",
     "grunt-cli": "0.1.13",
     "grunt-contrib-compass": "~0.6.0",