diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
index 14b1437e4..bcd28e48d 100644
--- a/build/package.json
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.9",
     "grunt-coffeelint": "git://github.com/atom/grunt-coffeelint.git",
     "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~0.1.2",
-    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "~0.7.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-coffee": "~0.9.0",
     "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8.0",
     "grunt-cson": "0.5.0",
     "grunt-download-atom-shell": "git+https://atom-bot:362295be4c5258d3f7b967bbabae662a455ca2a7@github.com/atom/grunt-download-atom-shell#v0.6.0",