diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f419ac145..f1c6b2b957 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "array-differ": "^2.0.3",
     "class-autobind": "^0.1.4",
     "debounce": "^1.2.0",
-    "deltachat-node": "^0.36.0",
+    "deltachat-node": "^0.39.0",
     "emoji-js-clean": "^4.0.0",
     "error-stack-parser": "^2.0.2",
     "filesize": "^3.6.1",