diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 30d3a8f..e985401 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1849,11 +1849,9 @@
       }
     },
     "hubot-irc": {
-      "version": "0.2.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hubot-irc/-/hubot-irc-0.2.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-vy8UXB+mPyHzVhXvyHQ9pTmmkpE=",
+      "version": "github:67P/hubot-irc#be56bbd3c31cb0370ba7cae84a4b96dfb171916d",
       "requires": {
-        "irc": "0.5.2",
+        "irc": "github:matrix-org/node-irc#e80eb07dfe2d1da55f3e0c4ac04dca4fbd2757fd",
         "log": "1.4.0"
       }
     },
@@ -2186,9 +2184,7 @@
       }
     },
     "irc": {
-      "version": "0.5.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/irc/-/irc-0.5.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-NxT0doNlqW0LL3dryRFmvrJGS7w=",
+      "version": "github:matrix-org/node-irc#e80eb07dfe2d1da55f3e0c4ac04dca4fbd2757fd",
       "requires": {
         "iconv": "2.2.3",
         "irc-colors": "1.3.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 900035f..0077aab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "hubot-auth": "^1.2.0",
     "hubot-help": "^0.1.1",
     "hubot-incoming-webhook": "^1.1.0",
-    "hubot-irc": "^0.2.9",
+    "hubot-irc": "67P/hubot-irc#dev",
     "hubot-kredits": "^2.0.1",
     "hubot-plusplus": "github:67P/hubot-plusplus#feature/configurable_points_term",
     "hubot-read-tweet": "0.0.2",