diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11318b888f..bde4b15c66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "graceful": "^1.1.0",
     "humanize-ms": "^1.2.1",
     "is-type-of": "^1.2.1",
-    "koa-bodyparser": "^4.3.0",
+    "koa-bodyparser": "^4.4.1",
     "koa-is-json": "^1.0.0",
     "koa-override": "^3.0.0",
     "ms": "^2.1.3",
diff --git a/test/app/middleware/body_parser.test.js b/test/app/middleware/body_parser.test.js
index 6c4a6999cf..c0a60dd433 100644
--- a/test/app/middleware/body_parser.test.js
+++ b/test/app/middleware/body_parser.test.js
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ describe('test/app/middleware/body_parser.test.js', () => {
       .expect(200);
   });
 
+  // fix https://github.com/eggjs/egg/issues/5214
+  it('should 200 when post json with `content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8;`', () => {
+    app.mockCsrf();
+    return app.httpRequest()
+      .post('/test/body_parser/user')
+      .set('Cookie', cookies)
+      .set('Content-Type', 'application/json;charset=utf-8;')
+      .send({ test: 1 })
+      .expect({ test: 1 })
+      .expect(200);
+  });
+
   it('should 200 when post json body below the limit', () => {
     return app.httpRequest()
       .post('/test/body_parser/user')