diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
index ca215b01c4..5d23db3b38 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "chromedriver": "^2.38.3",
     "deepmerge": "^2.1.0",
     "execa": "^0.10.0",
-    "nightwatch": "^0.9.21",
+    "nightwatch": "^1.6.0",
     "selenium-server": "^3.12.0"
   }
 }