diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 311cc5610..c76425472 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "yarn -s tsref && yarn -s tsbuild && yarn -s prepare:packages && yarn -s download:plugins && yarn -s prepare:examples",
+    "prepare": "yarn -s tsref && yarn -s tsbuild && yarn -s download:plugins && yarn -s prepare:examples",
     "tsref": "node scripts/typescript-references.js",
     "tsbuild": "tsc -b",
     "tswatch": "tsc -b -w",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@theia/cli": "latest",
     "jsonc-parser": "^3.0.0",
-    "lerna": "4.0.0"
+    "lerna": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "workspaces": [
     "examples/*",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d26678eac..b421d8aa1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -930,6 +930,11 @@
   dependencies:
     prop-types "^15.7.2"
 
+"@gar/promisify@^1.0.1":
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@gar/promisify/-/promisify-1.1.2.tgz#30aa825f11d438671d585bd44e7fd564535fc210"
+  integrity sha512-82cpyJyKRoQoRi+14ibCeGPu0CwypgtBAdBhq1WfvagpCZNKqwXbKwXllYSMG91DhmG4jt9gN8eP6lGOtozuaw==
+
 "@hutson/parse-repository-url@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@hutson/parse-repository-url/-/parse-repository-url-3.0.2.tgz#98c23c950a3d9b6c8f0daed06da6c3af06981340"
@@ -1832,6 +1837,14 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@npmcli/ci-detect/-/ci-detect-1.3.0.tgz#6c1d2c625fb6ef1b9dea85ad0a5afcbef85ef22a"
   integrity sha512-oN3y7FAROHhrAt7Rr7PnTSwrHrZVRTS2ZbyxeQwSSYD0ifwM3YNgQqbaRmjcWoPyq77MjchusjJDspbzMmip1Q==
 
+"@npmcli/fs@^1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@npmcli/fs/-/fs-1.0.0.tgz#589612cfad3a6ea0feafcb901d29c63fd52db09f"
+  integrity sha512-8ltnOpRR/oJbOp8vaGUnipOi3bqkcW+sLHFlyXIr08OGHmVJLB1Hn7QtGXbYcpVtH1gAYZTlmDXtE4YV0+AMMQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@gar/promisify" "^1.0.1"
+    semver "^7.3.5"
+
 "@npmcli/git@^2.1.0":
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@npmcli/git/-/git-2.1.0.tgz#2fbd77e147530247d37f325930d457b3ebe894f6"
@@ -5787,10 +5800,11 @@ cacache@^12.0.2:
     y18n "^4.0.0"
 
 cacache@^15.0.5, cacache@^15.2.0:
-  version "15.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacache/-/cacache-15.2.0.tgz#73af75f77c58e72d8c630a7a2858cb18ef523389"
-  integrity sha512-uKoJSHmnrqXgthDFx/IU6ED/5xd+NNGe+Bb+kLZy7Ku4P+BaiWEUflAKPZ7eAzsYGcsAGASJZsybXp+quEcHTw==
+  version "15.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacache/-/cacache-15.3.0.tgz#dc85380fb2f556fe3dda4c719bfa0ec875a7f1eb"
+  integrity sha512-VVdYzXEn+cnbXpFgWs5hTT7OScegHVmLhJIR8Ufqk3iFD6A6j5iSX1KuBTfNEv4tdJWE2PzA6IVFtcLC7fN9wQ==
   dependencies:
+    "@npmcli/fs" "^1.0.0"
     "@npmcli/move-file" "^1.0.1"
     chownr "^2.0.0"
     fs-minipass "^2.0.0"
@@ -11394,7 +11408,7 @@ lcid@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     invert-kv "^2.0.0"
 
-lerna@4.0.0:
+lerna@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lerna/-/lerna-4.0.0.tgz#b139d685d50ea0ca1be87713a7c2f44a5b678e9e"
   integrity sha512-DD/i1znurfOmNJb0OBw66NmNqiM8kF6uIrzrJ0wGE3VNdzeOhz9ziWLYiRaZDGGwgbcjOo6eIfcx9O5Qynz+kg==