diff --git a/rewriter/package.json b/rewriter/package.json
index 7a219f2b1ab3..df38c9e80aa4 100644
--- a/rewriter/package.json
+++ b/rewriter/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version" : "1.0.0",
   "dependencies" : {
     "xmldom" : "0.1.17",
-    "URIjs" : "1.11.2",
+    "URIjs" : "1.16.1",
     "readdirp" : "0.3.2",
     "event-stream" : "3.0.20"
   }