diff --git a/javascript/package.json b/javascript/package.json
index 1926cbfb..10437d9b 100644
--- a/javascript/package.json
+++ b/javascript/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "mocha": "10.2.0",
     "pouchdb-selector-core": "8.0.1",
     "read-last-lines": "1.8.0",
-    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
+    "rimraf": "5.0.5",
     "ts-node": "10.9.1",
     "tslint": "6.1.3",
     "typescript": "5.2.2"