diff --git a/lib/middleware/session.js b/lib/middleware/session.js
index 2e0d495ee0..5bcbf574c6 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/session.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/session.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
         name: 'unleash-session',
         keys: [config.secret],
         maxAge: config.sessionAge,
-        secureProxy: !!config.secureHeaders,
+        secure: !!config.secureHeaders,
         path: config.baseUriPath === '' ? '/' : config.baseUriPath,
     });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07441ab35f..c76517bd2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "async": "^3.1.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.3",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.4",
-    "cookie-session": "^2.0.0-beta.3",
+    "cookie-session": "^2.0.0-rc.1",
     "db-migrate": "0.11.11",
     "db-migrate-pg": "^1.2.2",
     "db-migrate-shared": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2f2dba9bd1..e1626fa8c1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ cookie-parser@^1.4.4:
     cookie "0.4.0"
     cookie-signature "1.0.6"
 
-cookie-session@^2.0.0-beta.3:
+cookie-session@^2.0.0-rc.1:
   version "2.0.0-rc.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie-session/-/cookie-session-2.0.0-rc.1.tgz#66fa03f26e5873d681d70f14bff5e48a94c53d37"
   integrity sha512-zg80EsLe7S1J4y0XxV7SZ8Fbi90ZZoampuX2bfYDOvJfc//98sSlZC41YDzTTjtVbeU1VlVdBbldXOOyi5xzEw==