diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f2b49b..67d320f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "mocha": "3.2.0",
     "nyc": "10.0.0",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "2.1.14",
-    "rimraf": "2.5.4",
+    "rimraf": "3.0.1",
     "rollup": "0.38.1",
     "rollup-plugin-babel": "2.7.1",
     "sinon": "1.17.7",