diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 182952c8a..ee4a4b692 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "level": "^1.3.0",
     "level-party": "^3.0.4",
     "level-sublevel": "^6.5.2",
-    "leveldown": "=1.4.4",
+    "leveldown": "^1.4.2",
     "lodash.assign": "^4.0.3",
     "lodash.bind": "^4.1.0",
     "lodash.difference": "^4.1.0",