diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index fc01865ba..baf36ac4c 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const path = require('path')
 const assert = require('assert')
-const optimist = require('optimist')
+const yargs = require('yargs')
 const fs = require('graceful-fs')
 
 const Server = require('./server')
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const constant = require('./constants')
 
 function processArgs (argv, options, fs, path) {
   if (argv.help) {
-    console.log(optimist.help())
+    console.log(yargs.help())
     process.exit(0)
   }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function argsBeforeDoubleDash (argv) {
 }
 
 function describeShared () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'Usage:\n' +
       '  $0 <command>\n\n' +
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function describeShared () {
 }
 
 function describeInit () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'INIT - Initialize a config file.\n\n' +
       'Usage:\n' +
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function describeInit () {
 }
 
 function describeStart () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'START - Start the server / do a single run.\n\n' +
       'Usage:\n' +
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function describeStart () {
 }
 
 function describeRun () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'RUN - Run the tests (requires running server).\n\n' +
       'Usage:\n' +
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function describeRun () {
 }
 
 function describeStop () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'STOP - Stop the server (requires running server).\n\n' +
       'Usage:\n' +
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function describeStop () {
 }
 
 function describeCompletion () {
-  optimist
+  yargs
     .usage('Karma - Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript.\n\n' +
       'COMPLETION - Bash/ZSH completion for karma.\n\n' +
       'Installation:\n' +
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function printRunnerProgress (data) {
 }
 
 exports.process = function () {
-  const argv = optimist.parse(argsBeforeDoubleDash(process.argv.slice(2)))
+  const argv = yargs.parse(argsBeforeDoubleDash(process.argv.slice(2)))
   const options = {
     cmd: argv._.shift()
   }
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ exports.process = function () {
       } else {
         console.error('Unknown command "' + options.cmd + '".')
       }
-      optimist.showHelp()
+      yargs.showHelp()
       process.exit(1)
   }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1db4189de..ed0334371 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -747,8 +747,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ=="
     },
     "@types/parse-json": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
@@ -782,9 +781,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-6.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JD0xT5FCRDNyjDda3Lrg/IxFscp9q4tiYtxE1/nOzlKCk7hIRuYjhq1kCNkbPjMRMZuFq20HNQn1I9k8Oj0E+Q==",
+      "version": "6.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-6.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZVA9k326Nwrj3Cj9jlh3wGFutC2ZornPNARZwsNYqQYgN0EsV2d53w5RN/co65Ohn4sUAUtb1rSUAOD6XN9idA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "acorn-dynamic-import": {
@@ -1865,6 +1864,51 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-/xnt6Kml5XkyQUewwR8PvLq+1jk=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "cliui": {
+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cliui/-/cliui-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t6wbgtoCXvAzst7QgXxJYqPt0usEfbgQdftEPbLL/cvv6HPE5VgvqCuAIDR0NgU52ds6rFwqrgakNLrHEjCbrQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "string-width": "^4.2.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
+        "wrap-ansi": "^6.2.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
+          "version": "5.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-bY6fj56OUQ0hU1KjFNDQuJFezqKdrAyFdIevADiqrWHwSlbmBNMHp5ak2f40Pm8JTFyM2mqxkG6ngkHO11f/lg=="
+        },
+        "emoji-regex": {
+          "version": "8.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A=="
+        },
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-zymm5+u+sCsSWyD9qNaejV3DFvhCKclKdizYaJUuHA83RLjb7nSuGnddCHGv0hk+KY7BMAlsWeK4Ueg6EV6XQg=="
+        },
+        "string-width": {
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-zUz5JD+tgqtuDjMhwIg5uFVV3dtqZ9yQJlZVfq4I01/K5Paj5UHj7VyrQOJvzawSVlKpObApbfD0Ed6yJc+1eg==",
+          "requires": {
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+            "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
+          "version": "6.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-AuvKTrTfQNYNIctbR1K/YGTR1756GycPsg7b9bdV9Duqur4gv6aKqHXah67Z8ImS7WEz5QVcOtlfW2rZEugt6w==",
+          "requires": {
+            "ansi-regex": "^5.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.1.0.tgz",
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       "integrity": "sha1-PXz0Rk22RG6mRL9LOVB/mFEAjo4=",
-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true
+      "dev": true
     },
     "constants-browserify": {
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@@ -2336,6 +2379,14 @@
             "read-pkg-up": "^3.0.0",
             "redent": "^2.0.0",
             "trim-newlines": "^2.0.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "minimist": {
+              "version": "1.2.5",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==",
+              "dev": true
+            }
           }
         },
         "parse-json": {
@@ -2935,8 +2986,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/decamelize/-/decamelize-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-9lNNFRSCabIDUue+4m9QH5oZEpA=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-9lNNFRSCabIDUue+4m9QH5oZEpA="
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@@ -3573,12 +3623,20 @@
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+      "version": "1.4.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-utils/-/eslint-utils-1.4.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fbBN5W2xdY45KulGXmLHZ3c3FHfVYmKg0IrAKGOkT/464PQsx2UeIzfz1RmEci+KLm1bBaAzZAh8+/E+XAeZ8Q==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "eslint-visitor-keys": "^1.0.0"
+        "eslint-visitor-keys": "^1.1.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "eslint-visitor-keys": {
+          "version": "1.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-1.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-8y9YjtM1JBJU/A9Kc+SbaOV4y29sSWckBwMHa+FGtVj5gN/sbnKDf6xJUl+8g7FAij9LVaP8C24DUiH/f/2Z9A==",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "eslint-visitor-keys": {
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           "integrity": "sha1-w7M6te42DYbg5ijwRorn7yfWVN8=",
-          "dev": true,
-          "optional": true
+          "dev": true
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@@ -4268,7 +4325,6 @@
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@@ -4290,6 +4346,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "get-caller-file": {
+      "version": "2.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-caller-file/-/get-caller-file-2.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DyFP3BM/3YHTQOCUL/w0OZHR0lpKeGrxotcHWcqNEdnltqFwXVfhEBQ94eIo34AfQpo0rGki4cyIiftY06h2Fg=="
+    },
     "get-func-name": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-func-name/-/get-func-name-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -4719,9 +4780,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt/-/grunt-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-PYsMOrOC+MsdGEkFVwMaMyc6Ob7pKmq+deg1Sjr+vvMWp35sztfwKE7qoN51V+UEtHsyNuMcGdgMLFkBHvMxHQ==",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt/-/grunt-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+NGod0grmviZ7Nzdi9am7vuRS/h76PcWDsV635mEXF0PEQMUV6Kb+OjTdsVxbi0PZmfQOjCMKb3w8CVZcqsn1g==",
       "dev": true,
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@@ -4735,9 +4796,9 @@
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         "grunt-legacy-util": "~1.1.1",
         "iconv-lite": "~0.4.13",
-        "js-yaml": "~3.13.0",
+        "js-yaml": "~3.13.1",
         "minimatch": "~3.0.2",
-        "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
+        "mkdirp": "~1.0.3",
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         "path-is-absolute": "~1.0.0",
         "rimraf": "~2.6.2"
@@ -4769,6 +4830,12 @@
             "resolve": "~1.1.0"
           }
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+        "mkdirp": {
+          "version": "1.0.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.3.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-6uCP4Qc0sWsgMLy1EOqqS/3rjDHOEnsStVr/4vtAIK2Y5i2kA7lFFejYrpIyiN9w0pYf4ckeCYT9f1r1P9KX5g==",
+          "dev": true
+        },
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           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz",
@@ -5057,9 +5124,9 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-nvfrjqvt9xQ8Z/w0ijewdD/vvWDTOweBUm96NTr66Wfvo1mJenBLwcYmPs3TIBP5ruzYGD7Hx/DaM9RmhroGPw==",
+      "version": "4.7.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.7.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SRGwSYuNfx8DwHD/6InAPzD6RgeruWLT+B8e8a7gGs8FWgHzlExpTFMEq2IA6QpAfOClpKHy6+8IqTjeBCu6Kg==",
       "dev": true,
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@@ -5283,9 +5350,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-2.2.4.tgz",
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@@ -6095,6 +6162,14 @@
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       "requires": {
         "minimist": "1.2.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "karma-mocha-reporter": {
@@ -6115,9 +6190,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz",
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-      "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ=",
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@@ -7215,6 +7289,7 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-2j6nRob6IaGaERwybpDrFaAZZoY=",
+      "dev": true,
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@@ -7223,7 +7298,8 @@
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-          "integrity": "sha1-3j+YVD2/lggr5IrRoMfNqDYwHc8="
+          "integrity": "sha1-3j+YVD2/lggr5IrRoMfNqDYwHc8=",
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -7960,6 +8036,16 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-jGStX9MNqxyXbiNE/+f3kqam30I="
+    },
+    "require-main-filename": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-main-filename/-/require-main-filename-2.0.0.tgz",
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-      "integrity": "sha1-BF+XgtARrppoA93TgrJDkrPYkPc=",
-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true
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@@ -9629,6 +9713,11 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which-module/-/which-module-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-2e8H3Od7mQK4o6j6SzHD4/fm6Ho="
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-      "integrity": "sha1-o9XabNXAvAAI03I0u68b7WMFkQc="
+      "integrity": "sha1-o9XabNXAvAAI03I0u68b7WMFkQc=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-6.2.0.tgz",
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+        "ansi-styles": "^4.0.0",
+        "string-width": "^4.1.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.0.tgz",
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+        },
+        "ansi-styles": {
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+        "string-width": {
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-zUz5JD+tgqtuDjMhwIg5uFVV3dtqZ9yQJlZVfq4I01/K5Paj5UHj7VyrQOJvzawSVlKpObApbfD0Ed6yJc+1eg==",
+          "requires": {
+            "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
+            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^3.0.0",
+            "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.0.tgz",
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+          }
+        }
+      }
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "y18n": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r9S/ZyXu/Xu9q1tYlpsLIsa3EeLXXk0VwlxqTcFRfg9EhMW+17kbt9G0NrgCmhGb5vT2hyhJZLfDGx+7+5Uj/w=="
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-3.0.3.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true
+      "dev": true
     },
     "yaml": {
       "version": "1.7.2",
@@ -9714,6 +9875,116 @@
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.6.3"
       }
     },
+    "yargs": {
+      "version": "15.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-15.3.1.tgz",
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+        "decamelize": "^1.2.0",
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+        "get-caller-file": "^2.0.1",
+        "require-directory": "^2.1.1",
+        "require-main-filename": "^2.0.0",
+        "set-blocking": "^2.0.0",
+        "string-width": "^4.2.0",
+        "which-module": "^2.0.0",
+        "y18n": "^4.0.0",
+        "yargs-parser": "^18.1.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
+          "version": "5.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-bY6fj56OUQ0hU1KjFNDQuJFezqKdrAyFdIevADiqrWHwSlbmBNMHp5ak2f40Pm8JTFyM2mqxkG6ngkHO11f/lg=="
+        },
+        "camelcase": {
+          "version": "5.3.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/camelcase/-/camelcase-5.3.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-L28STB170nwWS63UjtlEOE3dldQApaJXZkOI1uMFfzf3rRuPegHaHesyee+YxQ+W6SvRDQV6UrdOdRiR153wJg=="
+        },
+        "emoji-regex": {
+          "version": "8.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A=="
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+        "find-up": {
+          "version": "4.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/find-up/-/find-up-4.1.0.tgz",
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+            "path-exists": "^4.0.0"
+          }
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+          }
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+          "requires": {
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+          }
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+        "p-locate": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-locate/-/p-locate-4.1.0.tgz",
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+        },
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+          "requires": {
+            "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
+            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^3.0.0",
+            "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
+          "version": "6.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-AuvKTrTfQNYNIctbR1K/YGTR1756GycPsg7b9bdV9Duqur4gv6aKqHXah67Z8ImS7WEz5QVcOtlfW2rZEugt6w==",
+          "requires": {
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+          }
+        },
+        "yargs-parser": {
+          "version": "18.1.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-18.1.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-KRHEsOM16IX7XuLnMOqImcPNbLVXMNHYAoFc3BKR8Ortl5gzDbtXvvEoGx9imk5E+X1VeNKNlcHr8B8vi+7ipA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "camelcase": "^5.0.0",
+            "decamelize": "^1.2.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "yargs-parser": {
       "version": "10.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-10.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 177839995..f37f3f4d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -406,22 +406,22 @@
     "log4js": "^4.0.0",
     "mime": "^2.3.1",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.2",
-    "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "qjobs": "^1.1.4",
     "range-parser": "^1.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.0",
     "socket.io": "2.1.1",
     "source-map": "^0.6.1",
     "tmp": "0.0.33",
-    "ua-parser-js": "0.7.21"
+    "ua-parser-js": "0.7.21",
+    "yargs": "^15.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@commitlint/cli": "^8.3.4",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^8.3.4",
     "browserify": "^16.2.3",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "chai-subset": "^1.2.2",
-    "@commitlint/cli": "^8.3.4",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^8.3.4",
     "cucumber": "^3.1.0",
     "eslint": "^5.16.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "^12.0.0",
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^9.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^4.0.0",
-    "grunt": "^1.0.4",
+    "grunt": "^1.1.0",
     "grunt-auto-release": "^0.0.7",
     "grunt-browserify": "^5.0.0",
     "grunt-bump": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/test/unit/cli.spec.js b/test/unit/cli.spec.js
index 06a957af9..8d9223256 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/cli.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const optimist = require('optimist')
+const yargs = require('yargs')
 const path = require('path')
 const mocks = require('mocks')
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('cli', () => {
   }
 
   const processArgs = (args, opts) => {
-    const argv = optimist.parse(args)
+    const argv = yargs.parse(args)
     return e.processArgs(argv, opts || {}, fsMock, pathMock)
   }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('cli', () => {
 
   describe('processArgs', () => {
     it('should override if multiple options given', () => {
-      // optimist parses --port 123 --port 456 as port = [123, 456] which makes no sense
+      // yargs parses --port 123 --port 456 as port = [123, 456] which makes no sense
       const options = processArgs(['some.conf', '--port', '12', '--log-level', 'info', '--port', '34', '--log-level', 'debug'])
 
       expect(options.port).to.equal(34)