diff --git a/packages/plugin-dev/package.json b/packages/plugin-dev/package.json
index 5d103b0ebf7a1..fabbe84e261ee 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-dev/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-dev/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "@theia/debug": "1.31.0",
     "@theia/filesystem": "1.31.0",
     "@theia/output": "1.31.0",
-    "@theia/plugin-ext": "1.31.0",
+    "@theia/plugin-ext": "1.39.0",
     "@theia/workspace": "1.31.0",
     "@types/request": "^2.0.3",
     "ps-tree": "^1.2.0",