diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 3107b375a2ab..12700237adb5 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "micromatch": "^2.3.11",
     "pkg-dir": "^1.0.0",
     "strip-bom": "3.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^7.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^19.0.2",