diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c33253..00e77cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "global": "^4.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ava": "^0.16.0",
+    "ava": "^0.17.0",
     "babel-cli": "^6.18.0",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^2.0.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-unicode-property-regex": "^1.0.0",