diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
index 0d34ea35a8..da8beb206e 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/apollo-server/connectors/locales.js
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ function loadFolder (root, context) {
   const folder = path.join(root, './locales')
   if (process.env.VUE_APP_CLI_UI_DEV && !watchedTrees.get(root) && fs.existsSync(folder)) {
     watchedTrees.set(root, true)
-    const watch = require('watch')
-    watch.watchTree(folder, () => {
+    const chokidar = require('chokidar')
+    chokidar.watch(folder).on('all', () => {
       _loadFolder(root, context)
       log('Locales reloaded', root)
     })
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
index d1c5f0c19f..1c8da062ba 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@
     "prismjs": "^1.23.0",
     "rss-parser": "^3.11.0",
     "shortid": "^2.2.15",
-    "typescript": "~4.1.5",
-    "watch": "^1.0.2"
+    "typescript": "~4.1.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.12.16",
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@
     "ansi_up": "^5.0.0",
     "apollo-client": "^2.6.10",
     "apollo-link": "^1.2.14",
+    "chokidar": "^3.5.2",
     "core-js": "^3.8.3",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "date-fns": "^2.17.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 51da8cf58a..2e70b1ca63 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7128,7 +7128,7 @@ chokidar@3.5.1:
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "~2.3.1"
 
-chokidar@3.5.2, "chokidar@>=3.0.0 <4.0.0", chokidar@^3.0.0, chokidar@^3.2.2, chokidar@^3.4.1, chokidar@^3.4.2, chokidar@^3.5.1:
+chokidar@3.5.2, "chokidar@>=3.0.0 <4.0.0", chokidar@^3.0.0, chokidar@^3.2.2, chokidar@^3.4.1, chokidar@^3.4.2, chokidar@^3.5.1, chokidar@^3.5.2:
   version "3.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.5.2.tgz#dba3976fcadb016f66fd365021d91600d01c1e75"
   integrity sha512-ekGhOnNVPgT77r4K/U3GDhu+FQ2S8TnK/s2KbIGXi0SZWuwkZ2QNyfWdZW+TVfn84DpEP7rLeCt2UI6bJ8GwbQ==