diff --git a/app/composer.json b/app/composer.json
index e05128e72..bf5c67cc8 100644
--- a/app/composer.json
+++ b/app/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*",
-		"cakephp/cakephp": "~2.8"
+		"cakephp/cakephp": "~2.9"
 	},
 	"suggest": {
 		"cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "Easily check code formatting against the CakePHP coding standards."