diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fdf0dce47c3..a5451cf5cac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "geojson-area": "^0.2.1",
     "geojson-extent": "^0.3.2",
     "geojson-normalize": "0.0.1",
-    "geojsonhint": "^1.2.0",
+    "geojsonhint": "^2.0.0beta",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
     "lodash.isequal": "^4.2.0",
     "point-geometry": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/src/api.js b/src/api.js
index 211612d63d5..8583317962e 100644
--- a/src/api.js
+++ b/src/api.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = function(ctx) {
 
   api.add = function (geojson) {
     var featureCollection = normalize(geojson);
-    var errors = geojsonhint.hint(featureCollection);
+    var errors = geojsonhint.hint(featureCollection).filter(e => e.level !== 'warn');
     if (errors.length) {
       throw new Error(errors[0].message);
     }