diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba5a3c4..8560e88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/micnews/dedupe-objects#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ava": "^0.16.0",
+    "ava": "^0.17.0",
     "babel-cli": "^6.6.5",
     "babel-core": "^6.5.2",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.5.0",