diff --git a/language/slackbot/package.json b/language/slackbot/package.json
index ebfbfefecb..3fb7449943 100644
--- a/language/slackbot/package.json
+++ b/language/slackbot/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "description": "A Slack Botkit bot, running on Kubernetes.",
   "main": "demo_bot.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "botkit": "0.0.5",
+    "botkit": "4.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/language": "0.7.0",
     "sqlite3": "3.1.8"
   },