diff --git a/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts b/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
index b59741e74e..54ae308639 100644
--- a/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/js-yaml/index.d.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class Type {
 	resolve(data: any): boolean;
 	construct(data: any): any;
 	instanceOf: object | null;
-	predicate: string | null;
+	predicate: ((data: object) => boolean) | null;
 	represent: ((data: object) => any) | { [x: string]: (data: object) => any; } | null;
 	defaultStyle: string | null;
 	styleAliases: { [x: string]: any; };
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export interface TypeConstructorOptions {
 	resolve?: (data: any) => boolean;
 	construct?: (data: any) => any;
 	instanceOf?: object;
-	predicate?: string;
+	predicate?: (data: object) => boolean;
 	represent?: ((data: object) => any) | { [x: string]: (data: object) => any };
 	defaultStyle?: string;
 	styleAliases?: { [x: string]: any; };
diff --git a/types/js-yaml/js-yaml-tests.ts b/types/js-yaml/js-yaml-tests.ts
index 304da7731d..024054a6fb 100644
--- a/types/js-yaml/js-yaml-tests.ts
+++ b/types/js-yaml/js-yaml-tests.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const typeConstructorOptions: TypeConstructorOptions = {
 	resolve: fn,
 	construct: fn,
 	instanceOf: obj,
-	predicate: str,
+	predicate: (obj) => false,
 	represent: fn,
 	defaultStyle: str,
 	styleAliases: map
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ type.resolve;
 type.construct;
 // $ExpectType object | null
 type.instanceOf;
-// $ExpectType string | null
+// $ExpectType ((data: object) => boolean) | null
 type.predicate;
 // $ExpectType ((data: object) => any) | { [x: string]: (data: object) => any; } | null
 type.represent;