diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 532f28671..7bb119786 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-extra": "^0.16.3",
     "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.2",
-    "nodegit-promise": "~1.0.0",
+    "nodegit-promise": "^2.0.0",
     "npm": "^2.5.0",
     "promisify-node": "^0.1.5",
     "which-native-nodish": "^1.0.3"