diff --git a/bench/nested-deps/package.json b/bench/nested-deps/package.json
index befe6b4423..21227683a7 100644
--- a/bench/nested-deps/package.json
+++ b/bench/nested-deps/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "pretty-ms": "^8.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.0",
-    "yargs": "16.2.0"
+    "yargs": "17.7.2"
   }
 }