diff --git a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
index c4eafac171..52518bbca4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "stream-to-it": "^0.2.2",
     "streaming-iterables": "^5.0.2",
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.3",
-    "yargs": "^16.0.3"
+    "yargs": "^17.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/progress": "^2.0.3",