diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
index 43217d0bc4..d64f06d9cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyList.scala
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ object NonEmptyList extends NonEmptyListInstances {
 private[data] sealed abstract class NonEmptyListInstances extends NonEmptyListInstances0 {
 
   implicit val catsDataInstancesForNonEmptyList: SemigroupK[NonEmptyList] with Reducible[NonEmptyList]
-      with Comonad[NonEmptyList] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyList] with Monad[NonEmptyList] =
-    new NonEmptyReducible[NonEmptyList, List] with SemigroupK[NonEmptyList] with Comonad[NonEmptyList]
-      with Monad[NonEmptyList] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyList] {
+      with Bimonad[NonEmptyList] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyList] =
+    new NonEmptyReducible[NonEmptyList, List] with SemigroupK[NonEmptyList] with Bimonad[NonEmptyList]
+      with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyList] {
 
       def combineK[A](a: NonEmptyList[A], b: NonEmptyList[A]): NonEmptyList[A] =
         a concatNel b
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyVector.scala b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyVector.scala
index 038a6268f0..d0db284d52 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyVector.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/cats/data/NonEmptyVector.scala
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ final class NonEmptyVector[+A] private (val toVector: Vector[A]) extends AnyVal
 private[data] sealed abstract class NonEmptyVectorInstances {
 
   implicit val catsDataInstancesForNonEmptyVector: SemigroupK[NonEmptyVector] with Reducible[NonEmptyVector]
-    with Comonad[NonEmptyVector] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyVector] with Monad[NonEmptyVector] =
-    new NonEmptyReducible[NonEmptyVector, Vector] with SemigroupK[NonEmptyVector] with Comonad[NonEmptyVector]
-      with Monad[NonEmptyVector] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyVector] {
+    with Bimonad[NonEmptyVector] with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyVector] =
+    new NonEmptyReducible[NonEmptyVector, Vector] with SemigroupK[NonEmptyVector] with Bimonad[NonEmptyVector]
+      with NonEmptyTraverse[NonEmptyVector] {
 
       def combineK[A](a: NonEmptyVector[A], b: NonEmptyVector[A]): NonEmptyVector[A] =
         a concatNev b
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyListSuite.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyListSuite.scala
index a4fd14f36f..578036773d 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyListSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyListSuite.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import cats.kernel.laws.discipline.{SemigroupTests, OrderTests, PartialOrderTest
 import cats.data.{NonEmptyList, NonEmptyVector}
 import cats.data.NonEmptyList.ZipNonEmptyList
 import cats.laws.discipline.arbitrary._
-import cats.laws.discipline.{CommutativeApplyTests, ComonadTests, NonEmptyTraverseTests, MonadTests, ReducibleTests, SemigroupKTests, SerializableTests}
+import cats.laws.discipline.{CommutativeApplyTests, BimonadTests, NonEmptyTraverseTests, ReducibleTests, SemigroupKTests, SerializableTests}
 
 class NonEmptyListSuite extends CatsSuite {
   // Lots of collections here.. telling ScalaCheck to calm down a bit
@@ -21,17 +21,14 @@ class NonEmptyListSuite extends CatsSuite {
   checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", ReducibleTests[NonEmptyList].reducible[Option, Int, Int])
   checkAll("Reducible[NonEmptyList]", SerializableTests.serializable(Reducible[NonEmptyList]))
 
-  checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", MonadTests[NonEmptyList].monad[Int, Int, Int])
-  checkAll("Monad[NonEmptyList[A]]", SerializableTests.serializable(Monad[NonEmptyList]))
-
   checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", SemigroupKTests[NonEmptyList].semigroupK[Int])
   checkAll("SemigroupK[NonEmptyList[A]]", SerializableTests.serializable(SemigroupK[NonEmptyList]))
 
   checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", SemigroupTests[NonEmptyList[Int]].semigroup)
   checkAll("Semigroup[NonEmptyList[Int]]", SerializableTests.serializable(Semigroup[NonEmptyList[Int]]))
 
-  checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", ComonadTests[NonEmptyList].comonad[Int, Int, Int])
-  checkAll("Comonad[NonEmptyList]", SerializableTests.serializable(Comonad[NonEmptyList]))
+  checkAll("NonEmptyList[Int]", BimonadTests[NonEmptyList].bimonad[Int, Int, Int])
+  checkAll("Bimonad[NonEmptyList]", SerializableTests.serializable(Bimonad[NonEmptyList]))
 
   checkAll("NonEmptyList[ListWrapper[Int]]", EqTests[NonEmptyList[ListWrapper[Int]]].eqv)
   checkAll("Eq[NonEmptyList[ListWrapper[Int]]]", SerializableTests.serializable(Eq[NonEmptyList[ListWrapper[Int]]]))
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyVectorSuite.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyVectorSuite.scala
index 7554b7664a..55b3798b40 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyVectorSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/NonEmptyVectorSuite.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import cats.data.NonEmptyVector.ZipNonEmptyVector
 import cats.kernel.laws.discipline.{SemigroupTests, EqTests}
 
 import cats.data.NonEmptyVector
-import cats.laws.discipline.{CommutativeApplyTests, ComonadTests, SemigroupKTests, FoldableTests, SerializableTests, NonEmptyTraverseTests, ReducibleTests, MonadTests}
+import cats.laws.discipline.{CommutativeApplyTests, BimonadTests, SemigroupKTests, FoldableTests, SerializableTests, NonEmptyTraverseTests, ReducibleTests}
 import cats.laws.discipline.arbitrary._
 
 import scala.util.Properties
@@ -47,15 +47,12 @@ class NonEmptyVectorSuite extends CatsSuite {
   implicitly[Functor[NonEmptyVector]]
   implicitly[Monad[NonEmptyVector]]
   implicitly[Comonad[NonEmptyVector]]
+  implicitly[Bimonad[NonEmptyVector]]
 
 
 
-  checkAll("NonEmptyVector[Int]", ComonadTests[NonEmptyVector].comonad[Int, Int, Int])
-  checkAll("Comonad[NonEmptyVector]", SerializableTests.serializable(Comonad[NonEmptyVector]))
-
-
-  checkAll("NonEmptyVector[Int]", MonadTests[NonEmptyVector].monad[Int, Int, Int])
-  checkAll("Monad[NonEmptyVector]", SerializableTests.serializable(Monad[NonEmptyVector]))
+  checkAll("NonEmptyVector[Int]", BimonadTests[NonEmptyVector].bimonad[Int, Int, Int])
+  checkAll("Bimonad[NonEmptyVector]", SerializableTests.serializable(Bimonad[NonEmptyVector]))
 
 
   test("size is consistent with toList.size") {