diff --git a/packages/socketio/package.json b/packages/socketio/package.json
index fa556dc96d..3a5dc790be 100644
--- a/packages/socketio/package.json
+++ b/packages/socketio/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "@types/socket.io": "~1.4.27",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "feathers-socket-commons": "^2.0.0",
-    "socket.io": "^1.7.1",
+    "socket.io": "^2.0.0",
     "uberproto": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {