diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a970f196a3..f0d873b5f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     "nodemon": "^1.19.1",
     "nyc": "^14.1.1",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "sinon": "^7.4.1",
     "ts-node": "^8.2.0",
     "typedoc": "^0.15.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8b9d39bb74..cc29143bba 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7519,6 +7519,13 @@ rimraf@^2.5.4, rimraf@^2.6.1, rimraf@^2.6.3:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
+rimraf@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.0.tgz#614176d4b3010b75e5c390eb0ee96f6dc0cebb9b"
+  integrity sha512-NDGVxTsjqfunkds7CqsOiEnxln4Bo7Nddl3XhS4pXg5OzwkLqJ971ZVAAnB+DDLnF76N+VnDEiBHaVV8I06SUg==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.1.3"
+
 rimraf@~2.2.8:
   version "2.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.2.8.tgz#e439be2aaee327321952730f99a8929e4fc50582"