diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91ae20e9..71021329 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "yargs": "^12.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ava": "^0.25.0",
+    "ava": "^1.0.1",
     "clear-module": "^3.0.0",
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "commitizen": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test/get-config.test.js b/test/get-config.test.js
index 568b5870..9ea58ec9 100644
--- a/test/get-config.test.js
+++ b/test/get-config.test.js
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ test('Throw an Error if one of the shareable config cannot be found', async t =>
   await outputJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'), {release: pkhOptions});
   await outputJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'shareable1.json'), options1);
 
-  const error = await t.throws(t.context.getConfig({cwd}), Error);
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(t.context.getConfig({cwd}), Error);
 
   t.is(error.message, "Cannot find module 'non-existing-path'");
   t.is(error.code, 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND');
diff --git a/test/git.test.js b/test/git.test.js
index 661e4ef4..3ae326a3 100644
--- a/test/git.test.js
+++ b/test/git.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test('Throw error if the last commit sha cannot be found', async t => {
   // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
   const {cwd} = await gitRepo();
 
-  await t.throws(getGitHead({cwd}), Error);
+  await t.throwsAsync(getGitHead({cwd}), Error);
 });
 
 test('Unshallow and fetch repository', async t => {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test('Do not throw error when unshallow a complete repository', async t => {
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo();
   // Add commits to the master branch
   await gitCommits(['First'], {cwd});
-  await t.notThrows(fetch(repositoryUrl, {cwd}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch(repositoryUrl, {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Fetch all tags on a detached head repository', async t => {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ test('Verify if the commit `sha` is in the direct history of the current branch'
 
   t.true(await isRefInHistory(commits[0].hash, {cwd}));
   t.falsy(await isRefInHistory(otherCommits[0].hash, {cwd}));
-  await t.throws(isRefInHistory('non-existant-sha', {cwd}));
+  await t.throwsAsync(isRefInHistory('non-existant-sha', {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Get the commit sha for a given tag or falsy if the tag does not exists', async t => {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ test('Return falsy for invalid tag names', async t => {
 test('Throws error if obtaining the tags fails', async t => {
   const cwd = tempy.directory();
 
-  await t.throws(getTags({cwd}));
+  await t.throwsAsync(getTags({cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Return "true" if repository is up to date', async t => {
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 1242ceb4..b66ed916 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ test('Call all "success" plugins even if one errors out', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
 
-  await t.throws(
+  await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
   );
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ test('Log all "verifyConditions" errors', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
   const errors = [
-    ...(await t.throws(
+    ...(await t.throwsAsync(
       semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ test('Log all "verifyRelease" errors', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
   const errors = [
-    ...(await t.throws(
+    ...(await t.throwsAsync(
       semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ test('Dry-run skips fail', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
   const errors = [
-    ...(await t.throws(
+    ...(await t.throwsAsync(
       semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ test('Log both plugins errors and errors thrown by "fail" plugin', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
 
-  await t.throws(
+  await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
   );
 
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ test('Call "fail" only if a plugin returns a SemanticReleaseError', async t => {
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
 
-  await t.throws(
+  await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
   );
 
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ test('Throw SemanticReleaseError if repositoryUrl is not set and cannot be found
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
   const errors = [
-    ...(await t.throws(
+    ...(await t.throwsAsync(
       semanticRelease({}, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ test('Throw an Error if plugin returns an unexpected value', async t => {
     './lib/get-logger': () => t.context.logger,
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
-  const error = await t.throws(
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()}),
     Error
   );
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ test('Hide sensitive information passed to "fail" plugin', async t => {
     './lib/get-logger': () => t.context.logger,
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
-  await t.throws(
+  await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env, stdout: new WritableStreamBuffer(), stderr: new WritableStreamBuffer()}),
     Error
   );
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index ecbf704f..e0d8f082 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a plugin is not found', async t => {
     release: {analyzeCommits: 'non-existing-path', success: false, fail: false},
   });
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throws(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.is(code, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a shareable config is not found', async t => {
     release: {extends: 'non-existing-path', success: false, fail: false},
   });
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throws(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.is(code, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ test('Exit with 1 if a shareable config reference a not found plugin', async t =
   });
   await writeJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'shareable.json'), shareable);
 
-  const {code, stderr} = await t.throws(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
+  const {code, stderr} = await t.throwsAsync(execa(cli, [], {env, cwd}));
   t.is(code, 1);
   t.regex(stderr, /Cannot find module/);
 });
diff --git a/test/plugins/normalize.test.js b/test/plugins/normalize.test.js
index d42ae479..64dfec8f 100644
--- a/test/plugins/normalize.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/normalize.test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('Wrap plugin in a function that add the "pluginName" to the error"', async
     './plugin-error': './test/fixtures',
   });
 
-  const error = await t.throws(plugin({options: {}}));
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}}));
 
   t.is(error.pluginName, './plugin-error');
 });
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('Wrap plugin in a function that add the "pluginName" to multiple errors"',
     './plugin-errors': './test/fixtures',
   });
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(plugin({options: {}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}})))];
   for (const error of errors) {
     t.is(error.pluginName, './plugin-errors');
   }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ test('Wrap "analyzeCommits" plugin in a function that validate the output of the
     {}
   );
 
-  const error = await t.throws(plugin({options: {}}));
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}}));
 
   t.is(error.code, 'EANALYZECOMMITSOUTPUT');
   t.is(error.name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test('Wrap "generateNotes" plugin in a function that validate the output of the
     {}
   );
 
-  const error = await t.throws(plugin({options: {}}));
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}}));
 
   t.is(error.code, 'EGENERATENOTESOUTPUT');
   t.is(error.name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ test('Wrap "publish" plugin in a function that validate the output of the plugin
     {}
   );
 
-  const error = await t.throws(plugin({options: {}}));
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}}));
 
   t.is(error.code, 'EPUBLISHOUTPUT');
   t.is(error.name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
diff --git a/test/plugins/pipeline.test.js b/test/plugins/pipeline.test.js
index 2a673941..6c58129e 100644
--- a/test/plugins/pipeline.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/pipeline.test.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ test('Stop execution and throw error if a step rejects', async t => {
   const step2 = stub().rejects(new Error('test error'));
   const step3 = stub().resolves(3);
 
-  const error = await t.throws(pipeline([step1, step2, step3])(0), Error);
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(pipeline([step1, step2, step3])(0), Error);
   t.is(error.message, 'test error');
   t.true(step1.calledWith(0));
   t.true(step2.calledWith(0));
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ test('Throw all errors from the first step throwing an AggregateError', async t
   const step2 = stub().rejects(new AggregateError([error1, error2]));
   const step3 = stub().resolves(3);
 
-  const errors = await t.throws(pipeline([step1, step2, step3])(0));
+  const errors = await t.throwsAsync(pipeline([step1, step2, step3])(0));
 
   t.deepEqual([...errors], [error1, error2]);
   t.true(step1.calledWith(0));
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test('Execute all even if a Promise rejects', async t => {
   const step2 = stub().rejects(error1);
   const step3 = stub().rejects(error2);
 
-  const errors = await t.throws(pipeline([step1, step2, step3], {settleAll: true})(0));
+  const errors = await t.throwsAsync(pipeline([step1, step2, step3], {settleAll: true})(0));
 
   t.deepEqual([...errors], [error1, error2]);
   t.true(step1.calledWith(0));
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test('Throw all errors from all steps throwing an AggregateError', async t => {
   const step1 = stub().rejects(new AggregateError([error1, error2]));
   const step2 = stub().rejects(new AggregateError([error3, error4]));
 
-  const errors = await t.throws(pipeline([step1, step2], {settleAll: true})(0));
+  const errors = await t.throwsAsync(pipeline([step1, step2], {settleAll: true})(0));
 
   t.deepEqual([...errors], [error1, error2, error3, error4]);
   t.true(step1.calledWith(0));
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ test('Execute each function in series passing a transformed input even if a step
   const step4 = stub().resolves(4);
   const getNextInput = (prevResult, result) => prevResult + result;
 
-  const errors = await t.throws(pipeline([step1, step2, step3, step4], {settleAll: true, getNextInput})(0));
+  const errors = await t.throwsAsync(pipeline([step1, step2, step3, step4], {settleAll: true, getNextInput})(0));
 
   t.deepEqual([...errors], [error2, error3]);
   t.true(step1.calledWith(0));
diff --git a/test/verify.test.js b/test/verify.test.js
index 3bf1e100..034252d2 100644
--- a/test/verify.test.js
+++ b/test/verify.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test('Throw a AggregateError', async t => {
   const {cwd} = await gitRepo();
   const options = {};
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(verify({cwd, options})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(verify({cwd, options})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'ENOREPOURL');
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if does not run on a git repository', async t
   const cwd = tempy.directory();
   const options = {};
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(verify({cwd, options})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(verify({cwd, options})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'ENOGITREPO');
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" is not valid', async t =>
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `?\${version}`};
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(verify({cwd, options})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(verify({cwd, options})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EINVALIDTAGFORMAT');
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" does not contains the "ver
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: 'test'};
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(verify({cwd, options})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(verify({cwd, options})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'ETAGNOVERSION');
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" contains multiple "version
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `\${version}v\${version}`};
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(verify({cwd, options})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(verify({cwd, options})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'ETAGNOVERSION');
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ test('Return "true" if all verification pass', async t => {
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `v\${version}`};
 
-  await t.notThrows(verify({cwd, options}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(verify({cwd, options}));
 });