diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/package.json b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
index b725ee47d7..1b488f24f7 100644
--- a/@commitlint/cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "@commitlint/read": "^19.8.1",
     "@commitlint/types": "^19.8.1",
     "tinyexec": "^1.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^17.0.0"
+    "yargs": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "e82f05a737626bb69979d14564f5ff601997f679"
 }
diff --git a/@packages/utils/package.json b/@packages/utils/package.json
index 5f5fca3bdd..0e817d4310 100644
--- a/@packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/@packages/utils/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "tar-fs": "^3.0.5",
     "tinyexec": "^1.0.0",
     "tmp": "^0.2.1",
-    "yargs": "^17.0.0"
+    "yargs": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "71f0194f33943954a8dac1c458be47e5049717cd"
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6beba52564..86ee64aac0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3050,6 +3050,15 @@ cliui@^8.0.1:
     strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
     wrap-ansi "^7.0.0"
 
+cliui@^9.0.1:
+  version "9.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cliui/-/cliui-9.0.1.tgz#6f7890f386f6f1f79953adc1f78dec46fcc2d291"
+  integrity sha512-k7ndgKhwoQveBL+/1tqGJYNz097I7WOvwbmmU2AR5+magtbjPWQTS1C5vzGkBC8Ym8UWRzfKUzUUqFLypY4Q+w==
+  dependencies:
+    string-width "^7.2.0"
+    strip-ansi "^7.1.0"
+    wrap-ansi "^9.0.0"
+
 clone-deep@4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/clone-deep/-/clone-deep-4.0.1.tgz#c19fd9bdbbf85942b4fd979c84dcf7d5f07c2387"
@@ -7789,7 +7798,7 @@ string-width@^5.0.1, string-width@^5.1.2:
     emoji-regex "^9.2.2"
     strip-ansi "^7.0.1"
 
-string-width@^7.0.0:
+string-width@^7.0.0, string-width@^7.2.0:
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-7.2.0.tgz#b5bb8e2165ce275d4d43476dd2700ad9091db6dc"
   integrity sha512-tsaTIkKW9b4N+AEj+SVA+WhJzV7/zMhcSu78mLKWSk7cXMOSHsBKFWUs0fWwq8QyK3MgJBQRX6Gbi4kYbdvGkQ==
@@ -8757,7 +8766,12 @@ yargs-parser@^20.2.2, yargs-parser@^20.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-20.2.9.tgz#2eb7dc3b0289718fc295f362753845c41a0c94ee"
   integrity sha512-y11nGElTIV+CT3Zv9t7VKl+Q3hTQoT9a1Qzezhhl6Rp21gJ/IVTW7Z3y9EWXhuUBC2Shnf+DX0antecpAwSP8w==
 
-yargs@17.7.2, yargs@^17.0.0, yargs@^17.6.2:
+yargs-parser@^22.0.0:
+  version "22.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-22.0.0.tgz#87b82094051b0567717346ecd00fd14804b357c8"
+  integrity sha512-rwu/ClNdSMpkSrUb+d6BRsSkLUq1fmfsY6TOpYzTwvwkg1/NRG85KBy3kq++A8LKQwX6lsu+aWad+2khvuXrqw==
+
+yargs@17.7.2, yargs@^17.6.2:
   version "17.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.2.tgz#991df39aca675a192b816e1e0363f9d75d2aa269"
   integrity sha512-7dSzzRQ++CKnNI/krKnYRV7JKKPUXMEh61soaHKg9mrWEhzFWhFnxPxGl+69cD1Ou63C13NUPCnmIcrvqCuM6w==
@@ -8783,6 +8797,18 @@ yargs@^16.2.0:
     y18n "^5.0.5"
     yargs-parser "^20.2.2"
 
+yargs@^18.0.0:
+  version "18.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-18.0.0.tgz#6c84259806273a746b09f579087b68a3c2d25bd1"
+  integrity sha512-4UEqdc2RYGHZc7Doyqkrqiln3p9X2DZVxaGbwhn2pi7MrRagKaOcIKe8L3OxYcbhXLgLFUS3zAYuQjKBQgmuNg==
+  dependencies:
+    cliui "^9.0.1"
+    escalade "^3.1.1"
+    get-caller-file "^2.0.5"
+    string-width "^7.2.0"
+    y18n "^5.0.5"
+    yargs-parser "^22.0.0"
+
 yocto-queue@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-0.1.0.tgz#0294eb3dee05028d31ee1a5fa2c556a6aaf10a1b"