diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9cb440ff80e0..db0f9f388aeeb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "reselect": "^3.0.1",
     "resize-observer-polyfill": "^1.5.0",
-    "rimraf": "2.6.3",
+    "rimraf": "2.7.1",
     "rison-node": "1.0.2",
     "rxjs": "^6.2.1",
     "script-loader": "0.7.2",
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 2c3603d72ad7e..afc6ef263e13a 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
     "request": "^2.88.0",
     "reselect": "3.0.1",
     "resize-observer-polyfill": "^1.5.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "rimraf": "^2.7.1",
     "rison-node": "0.3.1",
     "rxjs": "^6.2.1",
     "semver": "5.7.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3b320d45ba079..ad49aab2cc5b2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24523,6 +24523,13 @@ rimraf@2.6.3, rimraf@^2.6.3, rimraf@~2.6.2:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
+rimraf@2.7.1, rimraf@^2.7.1:
+  version "2.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz#35797f13a7fdadc566142c29d4f07ccad483e3ec"
+  integrity sha512-uWjbaKIK3T1OSVptzX7Nl6PvQ3qAGtKEtVRjRuazjfL3Bx5eI409VZSqgND+4UNnmzLVdPj9FqFJNPqBZFve4w==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^7.1.3"
+
 rimraf@~2.2.6:
   version "2.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.2.8.tgz#e439be2aaee327321952730f99a8929e4fc50582"