diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 183c2c7..47856c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "husky": "^2.0.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "mocha": "^6.0.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.1",
     "semantic-release": "^15.9.9",
     "travis-deploy-once": "^5.0.2"
   },