diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ae41d63..3b971f13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	},
 	"optionalDependencies": {
 		"bufferutil": "^4.0.9",
-		"sodium-native": "^4.3.2",
+		"sodium-native": "^5.0.1",
 		"utf-8-validate": "^6.0.5",
 		"zlib-sync": "^0.1.9"
 	},