diff --git a/__tests__/VirtualBoxUtil-test.js b/__tests__/VirtualBoxUtil-test.js
index 3bf9a4427b..575d97e0db 100644
--- a/__tests__/VirtualBoxUtil-test.js
+++ b/__tests__/VirtualBoxUtil-test.js
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ var virtualBox = require('../src/utils/VirtualBoxUtil');
 var util = require('../src/utils/Util');
 
 describe('VirtualBox', function () {
-  it('returns the right command', function () {
-    expect(virtualBox.command()).toBe('/usr/bin/VBoxManage');
-  });
-
   describe('version 4.3.20r96996', function () {
     pit('correctly parses virtualbox version', function () {
       util.exec.mockImplementation(function () {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 658293acb3..9203f0bece 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
   "docker-machine-version": "0.3.0-rc2",
   "docker-compose-version": "1.3.0",
   "electron-version": "0.27.2",
-  "virtualbox-version": "4.3.28",
-  "virtualbox-filename": "VirtualBox-4.3.28.pkg",
-  "virtualbox-filename-win": "VirtualBox-4.3.28.exe",
-  "virtualbox-checksum": "60521caff652fc32ad733eee2eea27f03d0b4f7239af3bf4b21dc6f0251cf47a",
-  "virtualbox-checksum-win": "82039b615bf18dfff92ac1d9a15b2cbd5c59c608631ccf77e2371d0fd67a6cf7",
+  "virtualbox-version": "5.0.0",
+  "virtualbox-filename": "VirtualBox-5.0.0.pkg",
+  "virtualbox-filename-win": "VirtualBox-5.0.0.exe",
+  "virtualbox-checksum": "9aa3746c508643cfd70093f484ac0a64e02438d740020e294d65a7fd409bdb3d",
+  "virtualbox-checksum-win": "0ca898eb23e20506a28bf84514536ba5455cc6a35234ea096245e42ee113e617",
   "dependencies": {
     "alt": "^0.16.2",
     "ansi-to-html": "0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/utils/VirtualBoxUtil.js b/src/utils/VirtualBoxUtil.js
index b4b3094157..338717676a 100644
--- a/src/utils/VirtualBoxUtil.js
+++ b/src/utils/VirtualBoxUtil.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var VirtualBox = {
     if(util.isWindows()) {
       return 'C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VBoxManage.exe';
     } else {
-      return '/usr/bin/VBoxManage';
+      return '/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage';
     }
   },
   filename: function () {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var VirtualBox = {
     if(util.isWindows()) {
       return fs.existsSync('C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VBoxManage.exe') && fs.existsSync('C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\VirtualBox\\VirtualBox.exe');
     } else {
-      return fs.existsSync('/usr/bin/VBoxManage') && fs.existsSync('/Applications/VirtualBox.app') && fs.existsSync('/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage');
+      return fs.existsSync('/Applications/VirtualBox.app') && fs.existsSync('/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage');
     }
   },
   active: function () {