diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e092a261..e40b5d57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
     "openwhisk": "^3.21.2",
     "openwhisk-fqn": "^0.0.2",
-    "properties-reader": "2.3.0",
+    "properties-reader": "3.0.1",
     "sha1": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {