diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index 437eeda979bb..4a99e41a5443 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "sane": "^1.2.0",
     "which": "^1.1.1",
     "worker-farm": "^1.3.1",
-    "yargs": "^4.7.1"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "bin": {
     "jest": "./bin/jest.js"