diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 416bbf6c8b9..e479ef2d145 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "typescript-simple": "1.0.0",
     "underscore-plus": "^1.6.6",
     "winreg": "^1.2.1",
-    "yargs": "^3.23.0"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "packageDependencies": {
     "atom-dark-syntax": "0.28.0",