diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f892be923..d01615e1dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "nuxt": "./bin/nuxt"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "nyc ava test/",
+    "test": "nyc ava --serial test/",
     "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && codecov",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue bin lib pages test/*.js --ignore-pattern lib/app",
     "build": "webpack",