diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 5f4eb36c390e3..c46179054f768 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "better-queue": "^3.8.6",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "chalk": "^2.3.2",
-    "chokidar": "^2.0.2",
+    "chokidar": "^4.0.0",
     "common-tags": "^1.4.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.3",
     "convert-hrtime": "^2.0.0",