diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d37d8a3e..26d48209f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^1.4.0",
     "source-map": "^0.4.4",
-    "yargs": "^3.32.0"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "uglify-js": "^2.6"