diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a535e4ee..36ae0847 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.22.15",
     "@babel/types": "7.22.15",
     "@types/core-js": "2.5.6",
-    "assert": "2.0.0",
+    "assert": "2.1.0",
     "async-test-util": "2.1.0",
     "browserify": "17.0.0",
     "child-process-promise": "2.2.1",