diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f9d57d23e8..eaabcbd0d6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
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         "glob": "^7.0.0",
@@ -4160,9 +4159,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-4.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-NOKm8xhkzAjzFx8B2v5OAHT+u5pRQc2UCa2Vq9jYL/31o2wi9mxBA7LIFs3sV5VSC49z6pEhfbMULvShKj26WA=="
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JrDGPAKjMGSP1G0DUoaceEJ3DZgAfr/q6X7FVk4+U5KxUSKviYGM2k6zWkfyyBHy5rAtzgYJFa1ro2O9PtoxwQ=="
     },
     "commondir": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -8230,7 +8229,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "chalk": "^3.0.0",
-        "commander": "^4.0.1",
         "cosmiconfig": "^6.0.0",
         "debug": "^4.1.1",
         "dedent": "^0.7.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d9c57d46b..146b9d3421 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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     "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
-    "commander": "4.1.1",
+    "commander": "5.0.0",
     "cors": "2.8.5",
     "deepcopy": "2.0.0",
     "express": "4.17.1",