diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-page-creator/package.json b/packages/gatsby-plugin-page-creator/package.json
index 2c2e6256643f7..cebebb82c0d18 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-page-creator/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-page-creator/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
-    "chokidar": "^2.1.2",
+    "chokidar": "2.1.2",
     "fs-exists-cached": "^1.0.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.10",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index 8b2fb3b1375e0..b8bcbe35127ea 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": "^2.1.2",
+    "chokidar": "2.1.2",
     "file-type": "^10.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "got": "^7.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/package.json b/packages/gatsby/package.json
index 0f1e24cffd1c4..0d8ed9be75bff 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "cache-manager": "^2.9.0",
     "cache-manager-fs-hash": "^0.0.6",
     "chalk": "^2.3.2",
-    "chokidar": "^2.0.2",
+    "chokidar": "2.1.2",
     "common-tags": "^1.4.0",
     "compression": "^1.7.3",
     "convert-hrtime": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 03c7d4c061258..4dca173369b8d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4757,6 +4757,25 @@ cheerio@^1.0.0-rc.2:
     lodash "^4.15.0"
     parse5 "^3.0.1"
 
+chokidar@2.1.2, chokidar@^2.0.4:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-2.1.2.tgz#9c23ea40b01638439e0513864d362aeacc5ad058"
+  integrity sha512-IwXUx0FXc5ibYmPC2XeEj5mpXoV66sR+t3jqu2NS2GYwCktt3KF1/Qqjws/NkegajBA4RbZ5+DDwlOiJsxDHEg==
+  dependencies:
+    anymatch "^2.0.0"
+    async-each "^1.0.1"
+    braces "^2.3.2"
+    glob-parent "^3.1.0"
+    inherits "^2.0.3"
+    is-binary-path "^1.0.0"
+    is-glob "^4.0.0"
+    normalize-path "^3.0.0"
+    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
+    readdirp "^2.2.1"
+    upath "^1.1.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    fsevents "^1.2.7"
+
 chokidar@^1.4.2, chokidar@^1.6.0, chokidar@^1.7.0:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-1.7.0.tgz#798e689778151c8076b4b360e5edd28cda2bb468"
@@ -4791,25 +4810,6 @@ chokidar@^2.0.0, chokidar@^2.0.2, chokidar@^2.0.3:
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "^1.2.2"
 
-chokidar@^2.0.4, chokidar@^2.1.2:
-  version "2.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-2.1.2.tgz#9c23ea40b01638439e0513864d362aeacc5ad058"
-  integrity sha512-IwXUx0FXc5ibYmPC2XeEj5mpXoV66sR+t3jqu2NS2GYwCktt3KF1/Qqjws/NkegajBA4RbZ5+DDwlOiJsxDHEg==
-  dependencies:
-    anymatch "^2.0.0"
-    async-each "^1.0.1"
-    braces "^2.3.2"
-    glob-parent "^3.1.0"
-    inherits "^2.0.3"
-    is-binary-path "^1.0.0"
-    is-glob "^4.0.0"
-    normalize-path "^3.0.0"
-    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
-    readdirp "^2.2.1"
-    upath "^1.1.0"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    fsevents "^1.2.7"
-
 chownr@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chownr/-/chownr-1.0.1.tgz#e2a75042a9551908bebd25b8523d5f9769d79181"
@@ -6812,10 +6812,6 @@ es6-iterator@^2.0.1, es6-iterator@~2.0.3:
     es5-ext "^0.10.35"
     es6-symbol "^3.1.1"
 
-es6-promise@3.2.1:
-  version "3.2.1"
-  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-3.2.1.tgz#ec56233868032909207170c39448e24449dd1fc4"
-
 es6-promise@^3.0.2:
   version "3.3.1"
   resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-3.3.1.tgz#a08cdde84ccdbf34d027a1451bc91d4bcd28a613"
@@ -14626,18 +14622,6 @@ readable-stream@1.0, readable-stream@~1.0.31:
     isarray "0.0.1"
     string_decoder "~0.10.x"
 
-readable-stream@2.2.7:
-  version "2.2.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.2.7.tgz#07057acbe2467b22042d36f98c5ad507054e95b1"
-  dependencies:
-    buffer-shims "~1.0.0"
-    core-util-is "~1.0.0"
-    inherits "~2.0.1"
-    isarray "~1.0.0"
-    process-nextick-args "~1.0.6"
-    string_decoder "~1.0.0"
-    util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
-
 readable-stream@^3.0.6:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-3.1.1.tgz#ed6bbc6c5ba58b090039ff18ce670515795aeb06"
@@ -16368,12 +16352,6 @@ string_decoder@^1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-string_decoder@~1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.0.3.tgz#0fc67d7c141825de94282dd536bec6b9bce860ab"
-  dependencies:
-    safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
-
 stringify-entities@^1.0.1:
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stringify-entities/-/stringify-entities-1.3.2.tgz#a98417e5471fd227b3e45d3db1861c11caf668f7"