diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ffcce4a2..68f08f8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "request-promise": "^4.2.4",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.3",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "rollup": "~1.19.1",
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^5.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-typescript2": "^0.22.0",