diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98b162b0f5..ab1c28b17e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     "watchify": "~3.9.0",
     "whatwg-fetch": "~2.0.3",
     "xss": "~0.3.3",
-    "yargs": "~7.0.2"
+    "yargs": "~18.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "arr-diff": "~3.0.0",