diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index ab56df925b221..cf26e894b3f1c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
     "better-queue": "^3.8.7",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
-    "chokidar": "^1.7.0",
+    "chokidar": "^3.0.0",
     "file-type": "^10.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "got": "^7.1.0",