diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 245d10864..7d9a47801 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "author": "Tareq Hasan",
   "license": "GPL",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "~0.4.5",
+    "grunt": "~1.6.1",
     "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.11.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
     "jit-grunt": "~0.7.0"