diff --git a/packages/gatsby-dev-cli/package.json b/packages/gatsby-dev-cli/package.json
index ea380caa57a30..981161c485cb0 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-dev-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-dev-cli/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "request": "2.88.0",
     "signal-exit": "^3.0.2",
-    "verdaccio": "^4.3.5",
+    "verdaccio": "^5.26.0",
     "yargs": "^8.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {