diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index a491222e..56fe4f6b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+unreleased
+==========
+
+  * deps: debug@2.6.9
+
 1.18.1 / 2017-09-12
 ===================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e54240c..400bec40 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bytes": "3.0.0",
     "content-type": "~1.0.4",
-    "debug": "2.6.8",
+    "debug": "2.6.9",
     "depd": "~1.1.1",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.2",
     "iconv-lite": "0.4.19",