diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
index 4dfcf137ce413..893a5e9ae64eb 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-contentful/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "author": "Marcus Ericsson <mericsson@gmail.com> (mericsson.com)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "base64-img": "^1.0.3",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/package.json
index a47f20bddaf30..3977ad20ff540 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-drupal/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "author": "Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4"
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-hacker-news/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-hacker-news/package.json
index 89b9bd1b33909..86e6d16992ef0 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-hacker-news/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-hacker-news/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "author": "Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4"
   },
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-lever/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-lever/package.json
index c6e87291cecee..0f96ea860725a 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-lever/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-lever/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Sebastien Fichot <fichot.sebastien@gmail.com>",
   "bundleDependencies": false,
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "deep-map": "^1.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-medium/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-medium/package.json
index 167c5c217e4c2..df0d0881d88e9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-medium/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-medium/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.7",
   "author": "Robert Vogt <robert@smartive.ch>",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.2",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
index 104d57ca2e8a5..fa4fd3d572d14 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "author": "Sebastien Fichot <fichot.sebastien@gmail.com>",
   "bundleDependencies": false,
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.16.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "deep-map": "^1.5.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d5ef9bb00aa65..f1ba4aadfc199 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -423,12 +423,11 @@ aws4@^1.2.1, aws4@^1.6.0:
   version "1.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.6.0.tgz#83ef5ca860b2b32e4a0deedee8c771b9db57471e"
 
-axios@^0.16.1, axios@^0.16.2:
-  version "0.16.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.16.2.tgz#ba4f92f17167dfbab40983785454b9ac149c3c6d"
+axios@^0.21.1:
+  version "0.21.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.1.tgz#22563481962f4d6bde9a76d516ef0e5d3c09b2b8"
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.2.3"
-    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+    follow-redirects "^1.10.0"
 
 axios@~0.15.3:
   version "0.15.3"
@@ -3189,7 +3188,7 @@ debug@*, debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.0.1:
   dependencies:
     ms "2.0.0"
 
-debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.4.5, debug@^2.6.0, debug@^2.6.3, debug@^2.6.6, debug@^2.6.8, debug@~2.6.4, debug@~2.6.6, debug@~2.6.7:
+debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.0, debug@^2.6.3, debug@^2.6.6, debug@^2.6.8, debug@~2.6.4, debug@~2.6.6, debug@~2.6.7:
   version "2.6.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.6.9.tgz#5d128515df134ff327e90a4c93f4e077a536341f"
   dependencies:
@@ -4624,11 +4623,9 @@ follow-redirects@1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     debug "^2.2.0"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.2.3:
-  version "1.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.2.4.tgz#355e8f4d16876b43f577b0d5ce2668b9723214ea"
-  dependencies:
-    debug "^2.4.5"
+follow-redirects@^1.10.0:
+  version "1.13.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.13.1.tgz#5f69b813376cee4fd0474a3aba835df04ab763b7"
 
 for-in@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.8"