diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5289968835..f6b5639d22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "nodebb-theme-lavender": "3.0.9",
     "nodebb-theme-persona": "4.0.114",
     "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "5.0.61",
-    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "2.0.8",
+    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "2.0.9",
     "nodemailer": "2.0.0",
     "nodemailer-sendmail-transport": "1.0.0",
     "nodemailer-smtp-transport": "^2.4.1",