diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0c3ac6eb8..edd5b758c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     "temp": "~0.8.3",
     "through2": "^2.0.3",
     "update-notifier": "^2.3.0",
-    "yargs": "^10.0.3"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "prom-client": "^10.2.2",