diff --git a/.husky/.gitignore b/.husky/.gitignore
index c9cdc63b070..31354ec1389 100644
--- a/.husky/.gitignore
+++ b/.husky/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-_
\ No newline at end of file
+_
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9b99cdf4a1..ee557603fbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.1.4",
     "file-loader": "^6.0.0",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.5",
-    "husky": "^5.0.9",
+    "husky": "^5.1.2",
     "is-ci": "^2.0.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "jest": "^26.6.3",
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     "special-lint": "node node_modules/tooling/lockfile-lint && node node_modules/tooling/schemas-lint && node node_modules/tooling/inherit-types && node node_modules/tooling/format-schemas && node tooling/generate-runtime-code.js && node node_modules/tooling/format-file-header && node node_modules/tooling/compile-to-definitions && node node_modules/tooling/generate-types --no-template-literals",
     "special-lint-fix": "node node_modules/tooling/inherit-types --write && node node_modules/tooling/format-schemas --write && node tooling/generate-runtime-code.js --write && node node_modules/tooling/format-file-header --write && node node_modules/tooling/compile-to-definitions --write && node node_modules/tooling/generate-types --no-template-literals --write",
     "fix": "yarn code-lint --fix && yarn special-lint-fix && yarn pretty-lint-fix",
+    "prepare": "husky install",
     "pretty-lint-base": "prettier \"*.{ts,json,yml,yaml,md}\" \"{setup,lib,bin,hot,benchmark,tooling,schemas}/**/*.json\" \"examples/*.md\"",
     "pretty-lint-base-all": "yarn pretty-lint-base \"*.js\" \"{setup,lib,bin,hot,benchmark,tooling,schemas}/**/*.js\" \"test/*.js\" \"test/helpers/*.js\" \"test/{configCases,watchCases,statsCases,hotCases,benchmarkCases}/**/webpack.config.js\" \"examples/**/webpack.config.js\"",
     "pretty-lint-fix": "yarn pretty-lint-base-all --loglevel warn --write",
diff --git a/setup/setup.js b/setup/setup.js
index ed5addb63c2..d1b4de9da6d 100644
--- a/setup/setup.js
+++ b/setup/setup.js
@@ -4,19 +4,10 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const root = process.cwd();
 const node_modulesFolder = path.resolve(root, "node_modules");
-const huskyFolder = path.resolve(root, ".husky", "_");
 const webpackDependencyFolder = path.resolve(root, "node_modules/webpack");
 
 function setup() {
 	return Promise.all([
-		checkGitHooksInstalledAsync().then(async hasGitHooks => {
-			if (!hasGitHooks) {
-				await runSetupGitHooksAsync();
-				if (!(await checkGitHooksInstalledAsync())) {
-					throw new Error("Git hooks were not successfully installed");
-				}
-			}
-		}),
 		checkSymlinkExistsAsync().then(async hasSymlink => {
 			if (!hasSymlink) {
 				await ensureYarnInstalledAsync();
@@ -42,10 +33,6 @@ async function runSetupSymlinkAsync() {
 	await exec("yarn", ["link", "webpack"], "Link webpack into itself");
 }
 
-async function runSetupGitHooksAsync() {
-	await exec("yarn", ["run", "husky", "install"], "Enable Git hooks");
-}
-
 function checkSymlinkExistsAsync() {
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		if (
@@ -60,16 +47,6 @@ function checkSymlinkExistsAsync() {
 	});
 }
 
-function checkGitHooksInstalledAsync() {
-	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-		if (fs.existsSync(huskyFolder)) {
-			resolve(true);
-		} else {
-			resolve(false);
-		}
-	});
-}
-
 async function ensureYarnInstalledAsync() {
 	const semverPattern = /^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(-(0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\.(0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*)?(\+[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*)?$/;
 	let hasYarn = false;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ada0eb4d317..80d99211d77 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3250,10 +3250,10 @@ human-signals@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-2.1.0.tgz#dc91fcba42e4d06e4abaed33b3e7a3c02f514ea0"
   integrity sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==
 
-husky@^5.0.9:
-  version "5.0.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-5.0.9.tgz#6d38706643d66ed395bcd4ee952d02e3f15eb3a3"
-  integrity sha512-0SjcaY21a+IRdx7p7r/X33Vc09UR2m8SbP8yfkhUX2/jAmwcz+GR7i9jXkp2pP3GfX23JhMkVP6SWwXB18uXtg==
+husky@^5.1.2:
+  version "5.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-5.1.2.tgz#dc6a1f68640455d8d98c28875e073087f86c5081"
+  integrity sha512-lilaRYeDXcAOj8DuRnN9IxUyEMVbYg9rK7yVNkPB5V4hCvxIUxpMeiv9K2h77CE0HzjCnk1Br0oWe1IghXngDQ==
 
 iconv-lite@0.4.24, iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
   version "0.4.24"