diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/package.json
index 44dc48696f..e543bca07a 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-test-utils/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "execa": "^0.10.0",
-    "json-server": "^0.12.2",
+    "json-server": "^0.16.0",
     "puppeteer": "^1.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
   }