diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d42999d83389..bf3e1407d210 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     "conventional-commits-parser": "^3.0.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "9.0.1",
     "core-js": "3.16.0",
-    "critters": "0.0.11",
+    "critters": "0.0.12",
     "css-loader": "6.2.0",
     "css-minimizer-webpack-plugin": "3.0.2",
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
index f743d09ec069..1dd04e1a1e91 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "circular-dependency-plugin": "5.2.2",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "9.0.1",
     "core-js": "3.16.0",
-    "critters": "0.0.11",
+    "critters": "0.0.12",
     "css-loader": "6.2.0",
     "css-minimizer-webpack-plugin": "3.0.2",
     "esbuild-wasm": "0.13.8",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/index-file/inline-critical-css.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/index-file/inline-critical-css.ts
index 2f0fd639f058..e53e951d8d93 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/index-file/inline-critical-css.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/index-file/inline-critical-css.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CrittersExtended extends Critters {
     });
   }
 
-  protected readFile(path: string): Promise<string> {
+  public override readFile(path: string): Promise<string> {
     const readAsset = this.optionsExtended.readAsset;
 
     return readAsset ? readAsset(path) : fs.promises.readFile(path, 'utf-8');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8d7c8e0f8c40..ed708a27a7da 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ bonjour@^3.5.0:
     multicast-dns "^6.0.1"
     multicast-dns-service-types "^1.1.0"
 
-boolbase@^1.0.0, boolbase@~1.0.0:
+boolbase@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/boolbase/-/boolbase-1.0.0.tgz#68dff5fbe60c51eb37725ea9e3ed310dcc1e776e"
   integrity sha1-aN/1++YMUes3cl6p4+0xDcwed24=
@@ -3943,13 +3943,13 @@ create-require@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-require/-/create-require-1.1.1.tgz#c1d7e8f1e5f6cfc9ff65f9cd352d37348756c333"
   integrity sha512-dcKFX3jn0MpIaXjisoRvexIJVEKzaq7z2rZKxf+MSr9TkdmHmsU4m2lcLojrj/FHl8mk5VxMmYA+ftRkP/3oKQ==
 
-critters@0.0.11:
-  version "0.0.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/critters/-/critters-0.0.11.tgz#8dce2ba94e906d31de82b7c12b973717d1488823"
-  integrity sha512-E1XlhQTmf0Y2Q6hYVrXKxibxps2LNarpZaDCRNaxA1LA5LxlgoIPN0rcOzFVlwRD47iNYhVtD4DmGtgr2edrlQ==
+critters@0.0.12:
+  version "0.0.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/critters/-/critters-0.0.12.tgz#32baa87526e053a41b67e19921673ed92264e2ab"
+  integrity sha512-ujxKtKc/mWpjrOKeaACTaQ1aP0O31M0ZPWhfl85jZF1smPU4Ivb9va5Ox2poif4zVJQQo0LCFlzGtEZAsCAPcw==
   dependencies:
     chalk "^4.1.0"
-    css-select "^1.2.0"
+    css-select "^4.1.3"
     parse5 "^6.0.1"
     parse5-htmlparser2-tree-adapter "^6.0.1"
     postcss "^8.3.7"
@@ -4048,16 +4048,6 @@ css-prefers-color-scheme@^3.1.1:
   dependencies:
     postcss "^7.0.5"
 
-css-select@^1.2.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-select/-/css-select-1.2.0.tgz#2b3a110539c5355f1cd8d314623e870b121ec858"
-  integrity sha1-KzoRBTnFNV8c2NMUYj6HCxIeyFg=
-  dependencies:
-    boolbase "~1.0.0"
-    css-what "2.1"
-    domutils "1.5.1"
-    nth-check "~1.0.1"
-
 css-select@^4.1.3:
   version "4.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-select/-/css-select-4.1.3.tgz#a70440f70317f2669118ad74ff105e65849c7067"
@@ -4085,11 +4075,6 @@ css-tree@^1.1.2:
     mdn-data "2.0.14"
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
-css-what@2.1:
-  version "2.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-what/-/css-what-2.1.3.tgz#a6d7604573365fe74686c3f311c56513d88285f2"
-  integrity sha512-a+EPoD+uZiNfh+5fxw2nO9QwFa6nJe2Or35fGY6Ipw1R3R4AGz1d1TEZrCegvw2YTmZ0jXirGYlzxxpYSHwpEg==
-
 css-what@^5.0.0:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/css-what/-/css-what-5.0.1.tgz#3efa820131f4669a8ac2408f9c32e7c7de9f4cad"
@@ -4541,14 +4526,6 @@ dom-serialize@^2.2.1:
     extend "^3.0.0"
     void-elements "^2.0.0"
 
-dom-serializer@0:
-  version "0.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-serializer/-/dom-serializer-0.2.2.tgz#1afb81f533717175d478655debc5e332d9f9bb51"
-  integrity sha512-2/xPb3ORsQ42nHYiSunXkDjPLBaEj/xTwUO4B7XCZQTRk7EBtTOPaygh10YAAh2OI1Qrp6NWfpAhzswj0ydt9g==
-  dependencies:
-    domelementtype "^2.0.1"
-    entities "^2.0.0"
-
 dom-serializer@^1.0.1:
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dom-serializer/-/dom-serializer-1.3.2.tgz#6206437d32ceefaec7161803230c7a20bc1b4d91"
@@ -4558,11 +4535,6 @@ dom-serializer@^1.0.1:
     domhandler "^4.2.0"
     entities "^2.0.0"
 
-domelementtype@1:
-  version "1.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domelementtype/-/domelementtype-1.3.1.tgz#d048c44b37b0d10a7f2a3d5fee3f4333d790481f"
-  integrity sha512-BSKB+TSpMpFI/HOxCNr1O8aMOTZ8hT3pM3GQ0w/mWRmkhEDSFJkkyzz4XQsBV44BChwGkrDfMyjVD0eA2aFV3w==
-
 domelementtype@^2.0.1, domelementtype@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domelementtype/-/domelementtype-2.2.0.tgz#9a0b6c2782ed6a1c7323d42267183df9bd8b1d57"
@@ -4592,14 +4564,6 @@ dompurify@^2.2.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dompurify/-/dompurify-2.3.0.tgz#07bb39515e491588e5756b1d3e8375b5964814e2"
   integrity sha512-VV5C6Kr53YVHGOBKO/F86OYX6/iLTw2yVSI721gKetxpHCK/V5TaLEf9ODjRgl1KLSWRMY6cUhAbv/c+IUnwQw==
 
-domutils@1.5.1:
-  version "1.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domutils/-/domutils-1.5.1.tgz#dcd8488a26f563d61079e48c9f7b7e32373682cf"
-  integrity sha1-3NhIiib1Y9YQeeSMn3t+Mjc2gs8=
-  dependencies:
-    dom-serializer "0"
-    domelementtype "1"
-
 domutils@^2.6.0:
   version "2.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domutils/-/domutils-2.7.0.tgz#8ebaf0c41ebafcf55b0b72ec31c56323712c5442"
@@ -8304,13 +8268,6 @@ nth-check@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     boolbase "^1.0.0"
 
-nth-check@~1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nth-check/-/nth-check-1.0.2.tgz#b2bd295c37e3dd58a3bf0700376663ba4d9cf05c"
-  integrity sha512-WeBOdju8SnzPN5vTUJYxYUxLeXpCaVP5i5e0LF8fg7WORF2Wd7wFX/pk0tYZk7s8T+J7VLy0Da6J1+wCT0AtHg==
-  dependencies:
-    boolbase "~1.0.0"
-
 num2fraction@^1.2.2:
   version "1.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/num2fraction/-/num2fraction-1.2.2.tgz#6f682b6a027a4e9ddfa4564cd2589d1d4e669ede"