diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_cli_and_assets.yml b/.github/workflows/release_cli_and_assets.yml
index b609da1b8..4f828222f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_cli_and_assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_cli_and_assets.yml
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Set PATH
       run: |
-        echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/build:$GTIHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/acceptance/lib/bats/libexec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/build:$GTIHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core/libexec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Go install jd
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9ae3bcde3..604d4912b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set PATH
         run: |
-          echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/build:$GTIHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/acceptance/lib/bats/libexec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/build:$GTIHUB_WORKSPACE/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core/libexec" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Go install jd
         run: |
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 67471a529..3e469711d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-[submodule "tests/acceptance/lib/bats"]
-	path = tests/acceptance/lib/bats
-	url = https://github.com/sstephenson/bats
-[submodule "tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert"]
+[submodule "bats-core"]
+	path = tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core
+[submodule "bats-assert"]
 	path = tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert
-	url = https://github.com/ztombol/bats-assert
-[submodule "tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support"]
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert
+[submodule "bats-support"]
 	path = tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support
-	url = https://github.com/ztombol/bats-support
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats
deleted file mode 160000
index 03608115d..000000000
--- a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 03608115df2071fff4eaaff1605768c275e5f81f
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert
index 9f88b4207..44913ffe6 160000
--- a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert
+++ b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-assert
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9f88b4207da750093baabc4e3f41bf68f0dd3630
+Subproject commit 44913ffe6020d1561c4c4d1e26cda8e07a1f374f
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..4417a96cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4417a96cfc5e4afc493df94eeef8af4eec760163
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support
index 004e70763..3c8fadc50 160000
--- a/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support
+++ b/tests/acceptance/lib/bats-support
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 004e707638eedd62e0481e8cdc9223ad471f12ee
+Subproject commit 3c8fadc5097c9acfc96d836dced2bb598e48b009
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/run.sh b/tests/acceptance/run.sh
index f89126787..be900134d 100755
--- a/tests/acceptance/run.sh
+++ b/tests/acceptance/run.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 # set this to the source file for development
-export BATS_PATH=$MY_PATH/lib/bats/bin/bats
+export BATS_PATH=$MY_PATH/lib/bats-core/bin/bats
 export LIB_BATS_ASSERT=$MY_PATH/lib/bats-assert
 export LIB_BATS_SUPPORT=$MY_PATH/lib/bats-support
 export TEST_DATA_DIR=$MY_PATH/test_data/templates
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ echo " ___) | || (_| | |  | |_| | | | | (_| |   | |  __/\__ \ |_\__ \\"
 echo "|____/ \__\__,_|_|   \__|_|_| |_|\__, |   |_|\___||___/\__|___/"
 echo "                                 |___/                         "
 
-export PATH=$MY_PATH/lib/bats/bin:$PATH
+export PATH=$MY_PATH/lib/bats-core/bin:$PATH
 
 if [[ ! ${STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR} ]];
 then
   export STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.steampipe"
 fi
 
+batversion=$(bats --version)
+echo $batversion
 echo "Running with STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR set to $STEAMPIPE_INSTALL_DIR"
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then