diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2a0b7a5..b4732e81 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "simple-get": "^4.0.0",
     "sinon": "^19.0.2",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
-    "tap": "^16.1.0",
+    "tap": "^21.1.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.4.0",
     "ts-standard": "^12.0.1",
     "tsd": "^0.31.0",