diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5781fd0bd..a6838533e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "shortid": "^2.2.6",
     "underscore-db": "^0.12.1",
     "update-notifier": "^1.0.2",
-    "yargs": "^6.0.0"
+    "yargs": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.10.1",