diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 1084ac0d6..ea7af2cdf 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     "ts-node": "^8.8.1",
     "typescript": "^4.0.3",
     "uuid": "^8.3.0",
-    "yargs": "^16.1.0",
+    "yargs": "^16.1.1",
     "yazl": "^2.5.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/desktop/static/package.json b/desktop/static/package.json
index 46b2d5d45..2a25e6e24 100644
--- a/desktop/static/package.json
+++ b/desktop/static/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "ws": "^7.3.0",
     "xdg-basedir": "^4.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^16.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^16.1.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index 64a5e5abe..7a2a4a4b3 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -13426,10 +13426,10 @@ y18n@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.0.tgz#95ef94f85ecc81d007c264e190a120f0a3c8566b"
   integrity sha512-r9S/ZyXu/Xu9q1tYlpsLIsa3EeLXXk0VwlxqTcFRfg9EhMW+17kbt9G0NrgCmhGb5vT2hyhJZLfDGx+7+5Uj/w==
 
-y18n@^5.0.2:
-  version "5.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.4.tgz#0ab2db89dd5873b5ec4682d8e703e833373ea897"
-  integrity sha512-deLOfD+RvFgrpAmSZgfGdWYE+OKyHcVHaRQ7NphG/63scpRvTHHeQMAxGGvaLVGJ+HYVcCXlzcTK0ZehFf+eHQ==
+y18n@^5.0.5:
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.5.tgz#8769ec08d03b1ea2df2500acef561743bbb9ab18"
+  integrity sha512-hsRUr4FFrvhhRH12wOdfs38Gy7k2FFzB9qgN9v3aLykRq0dRcdcpz5C9FxdS2NuhOrI/628b/KSTJ3rwHysYSg==
 
 yaku@^0.16.6:
   version "0.16.7"
@@ -13451,10 +13451,10 @@ yaml@^1.7.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yaml/-/yaml-1.10.0.tgz#3b593add944876077d4d683fee01081bd9fff31e"
   integrity sha512-yr2icI4glYaNG+KWONODapy2/jDdMSDnrONSjblABjD9B4Z5LgiircSt8m8sRZFNi08kG9Sm0uSHtEmP3zaEGg==
 
-yargs-parser@20.x:
-  version "20.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-20.2.1.tgz#28f3773c546cdd8a69ddae68116b48a5da328e77"
-  integrity sha512-yYsjuSkjbLMBp16eaOt7/siKTjNVjMm3SoJnIg3sEh/JsvqVVDyjRKmaJV4cl+lNIgq6QEco2i3gDebJl7/vLA==
+yargs-parser@20.x, yargs-parser@^20.2.2:
+  version "20.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-20.2.3.tgz#92419ba867b858c868acf8bae9bf74af0dd0ce26"
+  integrity sha512-emOFRT9WVHw03QSvN5qor9QQT9+sw5vwxfYweivSMHTcAXPefwVae2FjO7JJjj8hCE4CzPOPeFM83VwT29HCww==
 
 yargs-parser@^18.1.2:
   version "18.1.3"
@@ -13464,11 +13464,6 @@ yargs-parser@^18.1.2:
     camelcase "^5.0.0"
     decamelize "^1.2.0"
 
-yargs-parser@^20.2.2:
-  version "20.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-20.2.3.tgz#92419ba867b858c868acf8bae9bf74af0dd0ce26"
-  integrity sha512-emOFRT9WVHw03QSvN5qor9QQT9+sw5vwxfYweivSMHTcAXPefwVae2FjO7JJjj8hCE4CzPOPeFM83VwT29HCww==
-
 yargs@^15.3.1, yargs@^15.4.1:
   version "15.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-15.4.1.tgz#0d87a16de01aee9d8bec2bfbf74f67851730f4f8"
@@ -13486,17 +13481,17 @@ yargs@^15.3.1, yargs@^15.4.1:
     y18n "^4.0.0"
     yargs-parser "^18.1.2"
 
-yargs@^16.1.0:
-  version "16.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-16.1.0.tgz#fc333fe4791660eace5a894b39d42f851cd48f2a"
-  integrity sha512-upWFJOmDdHN0syLuESuvXDmrRcWd1QafJolHskzaw79uZa7/x53gxQKiR07W59GWY1tFhhU/Th9DrtSfpS782g==
+yargs@^16.1.1:
+  version "16.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-16.1.1.tgz#5a4a095bd1ca806b0a50d0c03611d38034d219a1"
+  integrity sha512-hAD1RcFP/wfgfxgMVswPE+z3tlPFtxG8/yWUrG2i17sTWGCGqWnxKcLTF4cUKDUK8fzokwsmO9H0TDkRbMHy8w==
   dependencies:
     cliui "^7.0.2"
     escalade "^3.1.1"
     get-caller-file "^2.0.5"
     require-directory "^2.1.1"
     string-width "^4.2.0"
-    y18n "^5.0.2"
+    y18n "^5.0.5"
     yargs-parser "^20.2.2"
 
 yauzl@^2.10.0, yauzl@^2.4.2: