diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/package.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/package.json
index 1dae27349856a..ccfcf754b2bc4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/cx-api/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "organization": true
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "semver": "^6.3.0"
+    "semver": "^7.1.1"
   },
   "jest": {
     "moduleFileExtensions": [
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/package.json b/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
index 0fc12b4afcfd2..f1c456eadae1b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "promptly": "^3.0.3",
     "proxy-agent": "^3.1.1",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
-    "semver": "^6.3.0",
+    "semver": "^7.1.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.16",
     "table": "^5.4.6",
     "uuid": "^3.3.3",
diff --git a/tools/pkglint/package.json b/tools/pkglint/package.json
index 2666b8b84ee5f..a7136bb4e1fe4 100644
--- a/tools/pkglint/package.json
+++ b/tools/pkglint/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "case": "^1.6.2",
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
-    "semver": "^6.3.0",
+    "semver": "^7.1.1",
     "yargs": "^15.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 99969790ad55e..5bb04f981c842 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7399,6 +7399,11 @@ semver@^6.0.0, semver@^6.1.2, semver@^6.2.0, semver@^6.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz#ee0a64c8af5e8ceea67687b133761e1becbd1d3d"
   integrity sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw==
 
+semver@^7.1.1:
+  version "7.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.1.1.tgz#29104598a197d6cbe4733eeecbe968f7b43a9667"
+  integrity sha512-WfuG+fl6eh3eZ2qAf6goB7nhiCd7NPXhmyFxigB/TOkQyeLP8w8GsVehvtGNtnNmyboz4TgeK40B1Kbql/8c5A==
+
 semver@~5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"