diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70264e1f7..34dce1080 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "express": "~3.4.7",
     "glob": "*",
     "leveldown": "~0.10.0",
-    "levelup": "~0.19.0",
+    "levelup": "~2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^2.4.1",
     "microtime": "^0.6.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",