diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/package.json b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
index 62194fbdf6..260bad73f9 100644
--- a/@commitlint/cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@commitlint/utils": "^9.1.1",
     "babel-preset-commitlint": "^9.1.1",
     "cross-env": "7.0.2",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/@commitlint/load/package.json b/@commitlint/load/package.json
index faed217f67..6e31da5904 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/load/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "@commitlint/test": "^9.1.1",
     "@commitlint/utils": "^9.1.1",
     "@types/lodash": "4.14.157",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/execute-rule": "^9.1.1",
diff --git a/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json b/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
index 80488b9611..ef839caa0b 100644
--- a/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/prompt": "^9.1.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "71f0194f33943954a8dac1c458be47e5049717cd"
 }
diff --git a/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json b/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
index 19daa0afa7..7a934c8774 100644
--- a/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.9.6",
     "@commitlint/cli": "^9.1.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "71f0194f33943954a8dac1c458be47e5049717cd"
 }
diff --git a/@packages/test/package.json b/@packages/test/package.json
index 4881398e67..5fbe1ece01 100644
--- a/@packages/test/package.json
+++ b/@packages/test/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.2.0",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "pkg-dir": "4.2.0",
     "resolve-pkg": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/@packages/utils/package.json b/@packages/utils/package.json
index 837b259f31..ea6ce3424f 100644
--- a/@packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/@packages/utils/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/test": "^9.1.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "is-builtin-module": "3.0.0",
     "meow": "4.0.1",
     "read-pkg": "5.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dc2631e56d..04f7559f7b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4973,7 +4973,7 @@ execa@^1.0.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
-execa@^3.2.0, execa@^3.4.0:
+execa@^3.2.0:
   version "3.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-3.4.0.tgz#c08ed4550ef65d858fac269ffc8572446f37eb89"
   integrity sha512-r9vdGQk4bmCuK1yKQu1KTwcT2zwfWdbdaXfCtAh+5nU/4fSX+JAb7vZGvI5naJrQlvONrEB20jeruESI69530g==
@@ -4989,7 +4989,7 @@ execa@^3.2.0, execa@^3.4.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.2"
     strip-final-newline "^2.0.0"
 
-execa@^4.0.1:
+execa@^4.0.0, execa@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-4.0.2.tgz#ad87fb7b2d9d564f70d2b62d511bee41d5cbb240"
   integrity sha512-QI2zLa6CjGWdiQsmSkZoGtDx2N+cQIGb3yNolGTdjSQzydzLgYYf8LRuagp7S7fPimjcrzUDSUFd/MgzELMi4Q==