diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3e5b391ca..ad17cebf36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
     "mocha": "5.2.0",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
-    "rimraf": "2.5.2",
+    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "strip-indent": "2.0.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 65b2fd6d30..8aa4c1f8cb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5796,12 +5796,6 @@ rimraf@2, rimraf@~2.5.1, rimraf@~2.5.4:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.0.5"
 
-rimraf@2.5.2, rimraf@^2.2.8:
-  version "2.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.5.2.tgz#62ba947fa4c0b4363839aefecd4f0fbad6059726"
-  dependencies:
-    glob "^7.0.0"
-
 rimraf@2.6.3:
   version "2.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.6.3.tgz#b2d104fe0d8fb27cf9e0a1cda8262dd3833c6cab"
@@ -5809,6 +5803,19 @@ rimraf@2.6.3:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
+rimraf@3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz#f1a5402ba6220ad52cc1282bac1ae3aa49fd061a"
+  integrity sha512-JZkJMZkAGFFPP2YqXZXPbMlMBgsxzE8ILs4lMIX/2o0L9UBw9O/Y3o6wFw/i9YLapcUJWwqbi3kdxIPdC62TIA==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.1.3"
+
+rimraf@^2.2.8:
+  version "2.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.5.2.tgz#62ba947fa4c0b4363839aefecd4f0fbad6059726"
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.0.0"
+
 ripemd160@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ripemd160/-/ripemd160-1.0.1.tgz#93a4bbd4942bc574b69a8fa57c71de10ecca7d6e"