diff --git a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
index 5a03043432..27c837a3eb 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "stream-to-it": "^0.2.2",
     "streaming-iterables": "^6.0.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.6",
-    "yargs": "^16.0.3"
+    "yargs": "^17.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/progress": "^2.0.3",