diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
index ce496abe9c7f1..5bee069da0cbd 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "gulp-zip": "4.2.0",
     "inquirer": "^1.2.2",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
-    "node-sass": "^4.9.4",
+    "node-sass": "^5.0.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.3",
     "through2-map": "^3.0.0",
     "vinyl-fs": "^3.0.0"