diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9ea9fe0568..75a3a22e708 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "@types/user-home": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/which": "^1.0.28",
     "async-retry": "^1.1.0",
-    "ava": "^0.21.0",
+    "ava": "^0.22.0",
     "babel-cli": "^6.23.0",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^4.1.4",
     "babel-preset-es2017": "^6.22.0",