diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bed04b7..752725f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "node": ">= 0.8.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bl": "~0.6.0",
+    "bl": "~0.8.1",
     "end-of-stream": "~0.1.3",
     "readable-stream": "~1.0.26-4",
     "xtend": "~3.0.0"