diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1d9f7a4..4c2a2242 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "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/branches/branches.test.js b/test/branches/branches.test.js
index a8f4c3cb..0bddf703 100644
--- a/test/branches/branches.test.js
+++ b/test/branches/branches.test.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ test('Throw SemanticReleaseError for invalid configurations', async t => {
     {name: 'preview', prerelease: 'alpha', tags: []},
   ];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EMAINTENANCEBRANCH');
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if there is duplicate branches', async t => {
   const branches = [{name: 'master', tags: []}, {name: 'master', tags: []}];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EDUPLICATEBRANCHES');
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError for each invalid branch name', async t => {
   const branches = [{name: '~master', tags: []}, {name: '^master', tags: []}];
   const getBranches = proxyquire('../../lib/branches', {'./get-tags': () => branches, './expand': () => []});
 
-  const errors = [...(await t.throws(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
+  const errors = [...(await t.throwsAsync(getBranches({options: {branches}})))];
 
   t.is(errors[0].name, 'SemanticReleaseError');
   t.is(errors[0].code, 'EINVALIDBRANCHNAME');
diff --git a/test/get-config.test.js b/test/get-config.test.js
index 1df49e60..32866464 100644
--- a/test/get-config.test.js
+++ b/test/get-config.test.js
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ 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 c0ab6e97..37e48b80 100644
--- a/test/git.test.js
+++ b/test/git.test.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 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 => {
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ test('Do not throw error when unshallow a complete repository', async t => {
   await gitCommits(['Second'], {cwd});
   await gitPush(repositoryUrl, 'second-branch', {cwd});
 
-  await t.notThrows(fetch('master', {cwd}));
-  await t.notThrows(fetch('second-branch', {cwd}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch('master', {cwd}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(fetch('second-branch', {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Fetch all tags on a detached head repository', async t => {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ test('Verify if the commit `sha` is in the direct history of the current branch'
   t.true(await isRefInHistory(commits[0].hash, 'master', false, {cwd}));
   t.falsy(await isRefInHistory(otherCommits[0].hash, 'master', false, {cwd}));
   t.falsy(await isRefInHistory(otherCommits[0].hash, 'missing-branch', false, {cwd}));
-  await t.throws(isRefInHistory('non-existant-sha', 'master', false, {cwd}));
+  await t.throwsAsync(isRefInHistory('non-existant-sha', 'master', false, {cwd}));
 });
 
 test('Verify if a branch exists', async t => {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ 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 6984331e..e00bc7f6 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ 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()})
   );
 
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ 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()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ 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()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ 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()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ test('Throws "EINVALIDNEXTVERSION" if next release is out of range of the curren
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: '1.x', isPr: false}),
   });
 
-  const error = await t.throws(
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: {write: () => {}}, stderr: {write: () => {}}})
   );
 
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ test('Throws "EINVALIDNEXTVERSION" if next release is out of range of the curren
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: 'master', isPr: false}),
   });
 
-  const error = await t.throws(
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(
     semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: {write: () => {}}, stderr: {write: () => {}}})
   );
 
@@ -1388,7 +1388,9 @@ test('Throws "EINVALIDMAINTENANCEMERGE" if merge an out of range release in a ma
     'env-ci': () => ({isCi: true, branch: '1.1.x', isPr: false}),
   });
   const errors = [
-    ...(await t.throws(semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: {write: () => {}}, stderr: {write: () => {}}}))),
+    ...(await t.throwsAsync(
+      semanticRelease(options, {cwd, env: {}, stdout: {write: () => {}}, stderr: {write: () => {}}})
+    )),
   ];
 
   t.is(addChannel.callCount, 1);
@@ -1587,7 +1589,7 @@ 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()})
   );
 
@@ -1612,7 +1614,7 @@ 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()})
   );
 
@@ -1629,7 +1631,7 @@ 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()})
     )),
   ];
@@ -1668,7 +1670,7 @@ 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
   );
@@ -1698,7 +1700,7 @@ 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 485bd740..ee61a8ea 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ 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/);
 });
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ 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/);
 });
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ 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 8965af89..9c5f2125 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');
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ test('Wrap "addChannel" plugin in a function that validate the output of the plu
     {}
   );
 
-  const error = await t.throws(plugin({options: {}}));
+  const error = await t.throwsAsync(plugin({options: {}}));
 
   t.is(error.code, 'EADDCHANNELOUTPUT');
   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 dba1818b..09d88285 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 = {branches: [{name: 'master'}, {name: ''}]};
 
-  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');
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if does not run on a git repository', async t
   const cwd = tempy.directory();
   const options = {branches: []};
 
-  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');
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" is not valid', async t =>
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `?\${version}`, branches: []};
 
-  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');
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" does not contains the "ver
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: 'test', branches: []};
 
-  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');
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError if the "tagFormat" contains multiple "version
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `\${version}v\${version}`, branches: []};
 
-  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');
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ test('Throw a SemanticReleaseError for each invalid branch', async t => {
     branches: [{name: ''}, {name: '  '}, {name: 1}, {}, {name: ''}, 1, 'master'],
   };
 
-  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, 'EINVALIDBRANCH');
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ test('Return "true" if all verification pass', async t => {
   const {cwd, repositoryUrl} = await gitRepo(true);
   const options = {repositoryUrl, tagFormat: `v\${version}`, branches: [{name: 'master'}]};
 
-  await t.notThrows(verify({cwd, options}));
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(verify({cwd, options}));
 });