diff --git a/packages/bitcore-client/package.json b/packages/bitcore-client/package.json
index c5123a84a..37bcd79e1 100644
--- a/packages/bitcore-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/bitcore-client/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "JSONStream": "~1.3.1",
     "async": "^2.5.0",
-    "bcrypt": "^2.0.1",
+    "bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "bitcore-lib": "^8.1.1",
     "bitcore-lib-dvt": "^8.1.1",