diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index 6a3812fa11d824970c92a063c7056562f58d7ece..36d16bbd02b048beb1674d2e4105f0078aae5ef9 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "colors": "~1.3.0",
     "connect-restreamer": "~1.0.0",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
-    "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
+    "socket.io": "~3.1.0",
     "socket.io-client": "~0.9.16",
     "sse": "0.0.8"
   }