diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bff33c88714..1f73d15b44a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     "snyk-try-require": "1.3.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.11",
     "strip-ansi": "^5.2.0",
-    "tar": "^6.1.0",
+    "tar": "^6.1.2",
     "tempy": "^1.0.1",
     "update-notifier": "^5.1.0",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",