diff --git a/package.json.sample b/package.json.sample
index f56a36a43603d..dc8742492b490 100644
--- a/package.json.sample
+++ b/package.json.sample
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "path": "~0.12.7",
     "serve-static": "~1.14.1",
     "squirejs": "~0.2.1",
-    "strip-json-comments": "~2.0.1",
+    "strip-json-comments": "~3.1.1",
     "time-grunt": "~2.0.0",
     "underscore": "1.13.1"
   }