diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5ba0e439..5fdb238a
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "adapt-grunt-tracking-ids": "*",
-    "bower": "~1.3.12",
+    "bower": "~1.8.8",
     "grunt": "~0.4.5",
     "grunt-bower-requirejs": "~1.1.1",
     "grunt-concurrent": "~1.0.0",