diff --git a/packages/default-reporter/package.json b/packages/default-reporter/package.json
index 2bad96acf4..9955713e42 100644
--- a/packages/default-reporter/package.json
+++ b/packages/default-reporter/package.json
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@pnpm/logger": "^2.1.0",
-    "@types/delay": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/load-json-file": "^2.0.7",
     "@types/tape": "^4.2.30",
-    "delay": "3.0.0",
+    "delay": "4.0.0",
     "ghooks": "^2.0.0",
     "load-json-file": "^5.0.0",
     "mos-tap-diff": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/default-reporter/shrinkwrap.yaml b/packages/default-reporter/shrinkwrap.yaml
index 1d6134b872..a42eedd75c 100644
--- a/packages/default-reporter/shrinkwrap.yaml
+++ b/packages/default-reporter/shrinkwrap.yaml
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ dependencies:
   zen-push: 0.2.1
 devDependencies:
   '@pnpm/logger': 2.1.0
-  '@types/delay': 2.0.1
   '@types/load-json-file': 2.0.7
   '@types/tape': 4.2.32
-  delay: 3.0.0
+  delay: 4.0.0
   ghooks: 2.0.4
   load-json-file: 5.0.0
   mos-tap-diff: 1.0.0
@@ -88,10 +87,6 @@ packages:
     dev: false
     resolution:
       integrity: sha512-HI1tSO87vmd1sPS3DOVSK4gvVKROvCBFvAnXlLiQtAus/+1xXMQcNyu9TX2ChwRXFeQZeB9+f+nMo99xLd5DdA==
-  /@types/delay/2.0.1:
-    dev: true
-    resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-D1/YuYOcdOIdaQnaiUJ77VcilVvESkynw79CtGqpjkXyv4OUezEVZtdXnSOwXL8Zcelu66QbyC8QQcVQ/ZPdig==
   /@types/fs-extra/5.0.4:
     dependencies:
       '@types/node': 10.9.4
@@ -504,12 +499,12 @@ packages:
     dev: true
     resolution:
       integrity: sha1-yY2bzvdWdBiOEQlpFRGZ45sfppM=
-  /delay/3.0.0:
+  /delay/4.0.0:
     dev: true
     engines:
       node: '>=6'
     resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-6d9nF+lHG/HOZTmX/8/FgWm5UZQUF5O2SnnUvBZail1ESK1QixrmFn7vaW9hycz0/uwcmkqLyHDER+/AgCxbsQ==
+      integrity: sha512-M5om7qDqgWbLauRFlGgcfVEmQpHJMs24NL0I/dqahsESNdJrRiLuAodrsC1vV1YL5+yC2kh6k8vANWNKvYMd6A==
   /detect-indent/5.0.0:
     dev: true
     engines:
@@ -1870,7 +1865,6 @@ specifiers:
   '@pnpm/logger': ^2.1.0
   '@pnpm/types': ^1.7.0
   '@types/common-tags': ^1.2.5
-  '@types/delay': ^2.0.1
   '@types/load-json-file': ^2.0.7
   '@types/node': ^9.3.0 || 10
   '@types/ramda': 0.25.34
@@ -1881,7 +1875,7 @@ specifiers:
   chalk: 2.4.1
   cli-cursor: 2.1.0
   common-tags: 1.8.0
-  delay: 3.0.0
+  delay: 4.0.0
   ghooks: ^2.0.0
   load-json-file: ^5.0.0
   mos-tap-diff: ^1.0.0
diff --git a/packages/default-reporter/test/index.ts b/packages/default-reporter/test/index.ts
index acd5753094..50ecacc79c 100644
--- a/packages/default-reporter/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/default-reporter/test/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {PnpmConfigs} from '@pnpm/config'
 import logger, {
   createStreamParser,
 } from '@pnpm/logger'
-import delay = require('delay')
+import delay from 'delay'
 import test = require('tape')
 import normalizeNewline = require('normalize-newline')
 import {toOutput$} from 'pnpm-default-reporter'
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/package.json b/packages/pnpm/package.json
index 2aadd48bcf..326423a50b 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/package.json
+++ b/packages/pnpm/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "chalk": "2.4.1",
     "common-tags": "1.8.0",
     "cross-spawn": "6.0.5",
-    "delay": "3.0.0",
+    "delay": "4.0.0",
     "diable": "4.0.1",
     "execa": "1.0.0",
     "find-packages": "2.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/shrinkwrap.yaml b/packages/pnpm/shrinkwrap.yaml
index 3d27bb39d5..d85176731c 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/shrinkwrap.yaml
+++ b/packages/pnpm/shrinkwrap.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
   chalk: 2.4.1
   common-tags: 1.8.0
   cross-spawn: 6.0.5
-  delay: 3.0.0
+  delay: 4.0.0
   diable: 4.0.1
   execa: 1.0.0
   find-packages: 2.2.0
@@ -1561,12 +1561,12 @@ packages:
     dev: true
     resolution:
       integrity: sha1-yY2bzvdWdBiOEQlpFRGZ45sfppM=
-  /delay/3.0.0:
+  /delay/4.0.0:
     dev: false
     engines:
       node: '>=6'
     resolution:
-      integrity: sha512-6d9nF+lHG/HOZTmX/8/FgWm5UZQUF5O2SnnUvBZail1ESK1QixrmFn7vaW9hycz0/uwcmkqLyHDER+/AgCxbsQ==
+      integrity: sha512-M5om7qDqgWbLauRFlGgcfVEmQpHJMs24NL0I/dqahsESNdJrRiLuAodrsC1vV1YL5+yC2kh6k8vANWNKvYMd6A==
   /delayed-stream/1.0.0:
     engines:
       node: '>=0.4.0'
@@ -5956,7 +5956,7 @@ specifiers:
   common-tags: 1.8.0
   cross-spawn: 6.0.5
   deep-require-cwd: ^1.0.0
-  delay: 3.0.0
+  delay: 4.0.0
   diable: 4.0.1
   execa: 1.0.0
   exists-link: ^2.0.0
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/server/stop.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/server/stop.ts
index feb9ec6078..3d8ca03e80 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/server/stop.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/server/stop.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {storeLogger} from '@pnpm/logger'
 import {connectStoreController} from '@pnpm/server'
 import storePath from '@pnpm/store-path'
-import delay = require('delay')
+import delay from 'delay'
 import path = require('path')
 import processExists = require('process-exists')
 import killcb = require('tree-kill')
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/createStoreController.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/createStoreController.ts
index 88496cce3b..689eb93bd0 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/createStoreController.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/createStoreController.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logger from '@pnpm/logger'
 import {connectStoreController} from '@pnpm/server'
 import storePath from '@pnpm/store-path'
-import delay = require('delay')
+import delay from 'delay'
 import fs = require('mz/fs')
 import {StoreController} from 'package-store'
 import path = require('path')
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/test/server.ts b/packages/pnpm/test/server.ts
index 4bc93ae21f..c95019de1e 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/test/server.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/test/server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import byline = require('byline')
 import { ChildProcess } from 'child_process'
-import delay = require('delay')
+import delay from 'delay'
 import isWindows = require('is-windows')
 import pAny = require('p-any')
 import path = require('path')
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ async function testParallelServerStart (
   }
 
   const timeoutMillis = options.timeoutMillis || 10000
-  let timeoutPromise = delay(timeoutMillis)
+  let timeoutPromise: { clear: Function } | null = delay(timeoutMillis)
   await pAny([
     (async () => {
       await completedPromise
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts b/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
index c77a21773b..ac694c71c1 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-declare module 'delay' {
-  const anything: any;
-  export = anything;
-}
-
 declare module 'proper-lockfile' {
   const anything: any;
   export = anything;
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 93f58ecaf1..4cdda114a2 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
       "packageNames": ["@types/ramda"],
       "allowedVersions": "0.25.34"
     },
-    {
-      "packageNames": ["delay"],
-      "allowedVersions": "3.0.0"
-    },
     {
       "packageNames": ["got"],
       "allowedVersions": "<=8"