diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a821d0e34d..b4c908485b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "htmlparser2": "~3.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "closure-util": "0.17.0",
+    "closure-util": "0.18.0",
     "fs-extra": "~0.8.1",
     "graceful-fs": "~3.0.2",
     "jsdoc": "~3.3.0-alpha7",