diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 88e4b5948edb..3340c99ee52f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
     "strip-bom": "3.0.0",
     "write-file-atomic": "^2.1.0",
-    "yargs": "^10.0.3"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^22.4.0",