diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d78c822b..412cb460 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.0.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.0.1",
-    "ava": "^3.10.1",
+    "ava": "^8.0.0",
     "buffer-equal": "^1.0.0",
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "eslint": "^7.12.1",