diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 120e23b293..5974952731 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "zeromq": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "^2.0.1",
+    "async": "^3.2.5",
     "bower": "^1.8.8",
     "chai": "^3.4.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.11",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dd5e4ff811..0bdcb86a97 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -794,13 +794,18 @@ async@^1.4.2, async@^1.5.0, async@^1.5.2:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-nSVgobk4rv61R9PUSDtYt7mPVB2olxNR5RWJcAsH676/ef11bUZwvu7+RGYrYauVdDPcO519v68wRhXQtxsV9w==
 
-async@^2.0.0, async@^2.0.1, async@^2.1.2, async@^2.5.0, async@^2.6.4, async@~2.6.0:
+async@^2.0.0, async@^2.1.2, async@^2.5.0, async@^2.6.4, async@~2.6.0:
   version "2.6.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-2.6.4.tgz"
   integrity sha512-mzo5dfJYwAn29PeiJ0zvwTo04zj8HDJj0Mn8TD7sno7q12prdbnasKJHhkm2c1LgrhlJ0teaea8860oxi51mGA==
   dependencies:
     lodash "^4.17.14"
 
+async@^3.2.5:
+  version "3.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-3.2.5.tgz#ebd52a8fdaf7a2289a24df399f8d8485c8a46b66"
+  integrity sha512-baNZyqaaLhyLVKm/DlvdW051MSgO6b8eVfIezl9E5PqWxFgzLm/wQntEW4zOytVburDEr0JlALEpdOFwvErLsg==
+
 async@~0.2.7, async@~0.2.9:
   version "0.2.10"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-0.2.10.tgz"