diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 03a5def16b2..f458fa8f955 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 unreleased
 ========================
 
+* deps: accepts@^3.0.0
 * Remove `utils-merge` dependency - use spread syntax instead
 * Remove `Object.setPrototypeOf` polyfill
 * cleanup: remove AsyncLocalStorage check from tests
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8197db4f8b1..46a4269174e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "api"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "accepts": "^2.0.0",
+    "accepts": "^3.0.0",
     "body-parser": "^2.1.0",
     "content-disposition": "^1.0.0",
     "content-type": "^1.0.5",