diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82f8a527b..1e01039ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "signal-exit": "^3.0.1",
     "spawn-wrap": "1.2.4",
-    "test-exclude": "^3.3.0",
+    "test-exclude": "^4.0.0",
     "yargs": "^6.6.0",
     "yargs-parser": "^4.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/test/src/nyc-test.js b/test/src/nyc-test.js
index f3ae5c3cd..9ef998b7c 100644
--- a/test/src/nyc-test.js
+++ b/test/src/nyc-test.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('nyc', function () {
 
     it("ignores 'exclude' option if it's falsy", function () {
       var nyc1 = new NYC(configUtil.loadConfig([], path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures/conf-empty')))
-      nyc1.exclude.exclude.length.should.eql(10)
+      nyc1.exclude.exclude.length.should.eql(11)
     })
 
     it("allows for empty 'exclude'", function () {