diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15762233..e277b755 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "html5-validator": "^1.0.7",
     "ini": "^1.3.5",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.2.1",
-    "leveldown": "^3.0.1",
+    "leveldown": "^1.9.0",
     "linvodb3": "^3.25.1",
     "luamin": "^1.0.4",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",