diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index dc611676..945c38d7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ val coreTestSources = unmanagedSourceDirectories in Test  := {
 
 // additional libraries
 lazy val commonDependencies = Seq(
-  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.5",
+  "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.8",
   "io.github.nicolasstucki" %% "multisets" % "0.4",
   "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % "1.14.0",
   "junit" % "junit" % "4.12",
diff --git a/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleScalaCheckTest.scala b/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleScalaCheckTest.scala
index e64a1946..7391066b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleScalaCheckTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/1.3/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleScalaCheckTest.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.scalacheck.{Arbitrary, Gen}
 import org.scalacheck.Prop.forAll
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
-import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers
+import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.Checkers
 
 class SampleScalaCheckTest extends FunSuite
     with SharedSparkContext with RDDComparisons with Checkers {
diff --git a/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/PrettifyTest.scala b/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/PrettifyTest.scala
index 5b41a808..3c419960 100644
--- a/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/PrettifyTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/PrettifyTest.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.scalacheck.Prop._
 import org.scalacheck.util.Pretty
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
 import org.scalatest.exceptions.GeneratorDrivenPropertyCheckFailedException
-import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers
+import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.Checkers
 
 class PrettifyTest extends FunSuite with SharedSparkContext with Checkers with Prettify {
   implicit val propertyCheckConfig = PropertyCheckConfig(minSize = 2, maxSize = 2)
diff --git a/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDatasetGeneratorTest.scala b/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDatasetGeneratorTest.scala
index c703bb66..bfb65c36 100644
--- a/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDatasetGeneratorTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/1.6/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/SampleDatasetGeneratorTest.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.{Dataset, SQLContext}
 import org.scalacheck.{Gen, Arbitrary}
 import org.scalacheck.Prop.forAll
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
-import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers
+import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.Checkers
 
 class SampleDatasetGeneratorTest extends FunSuite
     with SharedSparkContext with Checkers {
diff --git a/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DatasetGeneratorSizeSpecial.scala b/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DatasetGeneratorSizeSpecial.scala
index ef6ee912..7bac2d8d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DatasetGeneratorSizeSpecial.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/DatasetGeneratorSizeSpecial.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.{Dataset, SQLContext}
 import org.scalacheck.{Gen, Arbitrary}
 import org.scalacheck.Prop.forAll
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
-import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers
+import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.Checkers
 
 class DatasetGeneratorSizeSpecial extends FunSuite
     with SharedSparkContext with Checkers {
diff --git a/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/MLScalaCheckTest.scala b/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/MLScalaCheckTest.scala
index 578038ff..abaea76e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/MLScalaCheckTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/2.0/scala/com/holdenkarau/spark/testing/MLScalaCheckTest.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StructField, StructType}
 import org.scalacheck.Prop.forAll
 import org.scalatest.FunSuite
-import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers
+import org.scalatestplus.scalacheck.Checkers
 
 class MLScalaCheckTest extends FunSuite with SharedSparkContext with Checkers {
   // re-use the spark context