diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d488932..04811ea9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
     "code-red": "^0.2.3",
-    "esbuild": "^0.15.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.16.0",
     "esbuild-register": "^3.3.3",
     "eslint": "^8.2.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",