diff --git a/src/validate/html/validateEventHandler.ts b/src/validate/html/validateEventHandler.ts
index 1b33b3e786..df499a9fd5 100644
--- a/src/validate/html/validateEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/validate/html/validateEventHandler.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default function validateEventHandlerCallee(
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const validCallees = ['this.*', 'event.*', 'options.*', 'console.*'].concat(
+	const validCallees = ['this.*', 'refs.*', 'event.*', 'options.*', 'console.*'].concat(
 		Array.from(validBuiltins),
 		Array.from(validator.methods.keys())
 	);
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent-helper/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent-helper/warnings.json
index b463045538..d1999de882 100644
--- a/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent-helper/warnings.json
+++ b/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent-helper/warnings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [{
 	"code": "invalid-callee",
-	"message": "'foo' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire, destroy or bar). 'foo' exists on 'helpers', did you put it in the wrong place?",
+	"message": "'foo' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, refs.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire, destroy or bar). 'foo' exists on 'helpers', did you put it in the wrong place?",
 	"pos": 18,
 	"start": {
 		"line": 1,
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent/warnings.json
index 3ad9ee8734..d0a30ab928 100644
--- a/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent/warnings.json
+++ b/test/validator/samples/method-nonexistent/warnings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [{
 	"code": "invalid-callee",
-	"message": "'foo' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire, destroy or bar)",
+	"message": "'foo' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, refs.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire, destroy or bar)",
 	"pos": 18,
 	"start": {
 		"line": 1,
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/window-event-invalid/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/window-event-invalid/warnings.json
index 1d20c8fac9..2e403fe27b 100644
--- a/test/validator/samples/window-event-invalid/warnings.json
+++ b/test/validator/samples/window-event-invalid/warnings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [{
 	"code": "invalid-callee",
-	"message": "'resize' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire or destroy)",
+	"message": "'resize' is an invalid callee (should be one of this.*, refs.*, event.*, options.*, console.*, set, fire or destroy)",
 	"start": {
 		"line": 1,
 		"column": 26,