diff --git a/__tests__/mergeConfigWithDefaults.test.js b/__tests__/mergeConfigWithDefaults.test.js
index c748ecd01..f3545579a 100644
--- a/__tests__/mergeConfigWithDefaults.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/mergeConfigWithDefaults.test.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ test('setting modules to "all" creates all variants for all modules', () => {
 
   expect(result).toEqual({
     modules: {
-      flexbox: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'parent-hover'],
-      textAlign: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'parent-hover'],
-      textColors: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'parent-hover'],
+      flexbox: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'group-hover'],
+      textAlign: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'group-hover'],
+      textColors: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'group-hover'],
     },
     options: {},
   })
diff --git a/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js b/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
index 6c2bed023..2a30529a6 100644
--- a/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/variantsAtRule.test.js
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ test('it can generate focus variants', () => {
   })
 })
 
-test('it can generate parent-hover variants', () => {
+test('it can generate group-hover variants', () => {
   const input = `
-    @variants parent-hover {
+    @variants group-hover {
       .banana { color: yellow; }
       .chocolate { color: brown; }
     }
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ test('it can generate parent-hover variants', () => {
   const output = `
       .banana { color: yellow; }
       .chocolate { color: brown; }
-      .parent:hover .parent-hover\\:banana { color: yellow; }
-      .parent:hover .parent-hover\\:chocolate { color: brown; }
+      .group:hover .group-hover\\:banana { color: yellow; }
+      .group:hover .group-hover\\:chocolate { color: brown; }
   `
 
   return run(input).then(result => {
diff --git a/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js b/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
index 8e854fb1e..652c133fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
+++ b/src/lib/substituteVariantsAtRules.js
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ const variantGenerators = {
 
     container.before(cloned.nodes)
   },
-  'parent-hover': (container, config) => {
+  'group-hover': (container, config) => {
     const cloned = container.clone()
 
     cloned.walkRules(rule => {
       // prettier-ignore
-      rule.selector = `.parent:hover ${buildClassVariant(rule.selector, 'parent-hover', config.options.separator)}`
+      rule.selector = `.group:hover ${buildClassVariant(rule.selector, 'group-hover', config.options.separator)}`
     })
 
     container.before(cloned.nodes)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default function(config) {
 
       atRule.before(atRule.clone().nodes)
 
-      _.forEach(['focus', 'hover', 'parent-hover'], variant => {
+      _.forEach(['focus', 'hover', 'group-hover'], variant => {
         if (variants.includes(variant)) {
           variantGenerators[variant](atRule, unwrappedConfig)
         }
diff --git a/src/util/mergeConfigWithDefaults.js b/src/util/mergeConfigWithDefaults.js
index 3928ba9e0..7618ec0ec 100644
--- a/src/util/mergeConfigWithDefaults.js
+++ b/src/util/mergeConfigWithDefaults.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash'
 
 function mergeModules(userModules, defaultModules) {
   if (userModules === 'all') {
-    return _.mapValues(defaultModules, () => ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'parent-hover'])
+    return _.mapValues(defaultModules, () => ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'group-hover'])
   }
 
   return _.defaults(userModules, defaultModules)