diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 3bc0a2f44..8799fca69 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "validated-backbone-mediator": "~0.1.3",
     "jquery.browser": "~0.0.6",
     "zatanna": "https://github.com/differentmatt/zatanna.git#master",
-    "modernizr": "~2.8.3",
+    "modernizr": "~3.3.1",
     "backfire": "~0.3.0",
     "fastclick": "~1.0.3",
     "three.js": "~0.71.0",