diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24de60d..b7d758f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "chai": "~3.5.0",
     "codecov": "~1.0.1",
     "extract-zip": "~1.5.0",
-    "google-closure-compiler": "=20160517.0.0",
+    "google-closure-compiler": "20170409.0.0",
     "gulp": "~3.9.1",
     "jformatter": "~1.0.13",
     "jsdoc": "~3.4.0",