diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45869d7eb7..7e668c42ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "nodebb-theme-lavender": "4.0.0",
     "nodebb-theme-persona": "4.2.10",
     "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "5.2.1",
-    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "2.0.13",
+    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "3.0.0",
     "nodemailer": "2.6.4",
     "nodemailer-sendmail-transport": "1.0.0",
     "nodemailer-smtp-transport": "^2.4.1",