diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index af3dde3d5c532..1bab34d1ce507 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
-    "chokidar": "^1.7.0",
+    "chokidar": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^4.0.1",
     "got": "^7.1.0",
     "md5-file": "^3.1.1",