diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/Service.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/Service.spec.js
index 6c182283bc..f70b4637a0 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/Service.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/Service.spec.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('loading plugins from package.json', () => {
   mockPkg({
     devDependencies: {
       'bar': '^1.0.0',
-      '@vue/cli-plugin-babel': '^4.0.0-beta.3',
+      '@vue/cli-plugin-babel': '^4.0.0-rc.0',
       'vue-cli-plugin-foo': '^1.0.0'
     }
   })