diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
index a567f06ce0be0..6759721f248c7 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-filesystem/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.14.8",
     "fastq": "^1.11.1",
     "chokidar": "^3.5.2",
-    "file-type": "^16.0.0",
+    "file-type": "^16.5.3",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
     "gatsby-core-utils": "^2.14.0-next.0",
     "got": "^9.6.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 779ac77152349..c3c5f648c706d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11543,7 +11543,7 @@ file-type@^15.0.1:
     token-types "^2.0.0"
     typedarray-to-buffer "^3.1.5"
 
-file-type@^16.0.0, file-type@^16.5.3:
+file-type@^16.5.3:
   version "16.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-type/-/file-type-16.5.3.tgz#474b7e88c74724046abb505e9b8ed4db30c4fc06"
   integrity sha512-uVsl7iFhHSOY4bEONLlTK47iAHtNsFHWP5YE4xJfZ4rnX7S1Q3wce09XgqSC7E/xh8Ncv/be1lNoyprlUH/x6A==