diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4af2f98c5390dafd433600cbf0e5403255c1118..79aed1d31d501543b81113359db046716c058734 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "compression-webpack-plugin": "3.1.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "4.6.0",
     "css-loader": "0.28.11",
-    "cypress": "5.2.0",
+    "cypress": "5.3.0",
     "cypress-file-upload": "4.1.1",
     "eslint": "4.19.1",
     "eslint-config-pubsweet": "0.0.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 68e14e6a8c055c5a070d33f65ce84bda165da6a1..c0f5b3527e9c72fb2d8ccfcc3df72416e62a2eb0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5700,10 +5700,10 @@ cypress-file-upload@4.1.1:
   dependencies:
     mime "^2.4.4"
 
-cypress@5.2.0:
-  version "5.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-5.2.0.tgz#6902efd90703242a2539f0623c6e1118aff01f95"
-  integrity sha512-9S2spcrpIXrQ+CQIKHsjRoLQyRc2ehB06clJXPXXp1zyOL/uZMM3Qc20ipNki4CcNwY0nBTQZffPbRpODeGYQg==
+cypress@5.3.0:
+  version "5.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cypress/-/cypress-5.3.0.tgz#91122219ae66ab910058970dbf36619ab0fbde6c"
+  integrity sha512-XgebyqL7Th6/8YenE1ddb7+d4EiCG2Jvg/5c8+HPfFFY/gXnOVhoCVUU3KW8qg3JL7g0B+iJbHd5hxuCqbd1RQ==
   dependencies:
     "@cypress/listr-verbose-renderer" "^0.4.1"
     "@cypress/request" "^2.88.5"