diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d40559088..a0727c8652 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@
     "lint-staged": "^9.5.0",
     "memfs": "^3.2.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "prettier": ">= 1.13.0",
-    "request": "^2.88.2",
-    "request-promise-native": "^1.0.8",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "typescript": "~3.9.3",
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/proxy.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/proxy.spec.js
index 725fcef8e1..cbaff7f9df 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/proxy.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/__tests__/proxy.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.setTimeout(30000)
 
-const request = require('request-promise-native')
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 const { defaultPreset } = require('@vue/cli/lib/options')
 const create = require('@vue/cli-test-utils/createTestProject')
 const serve = require('@vue/cli-test-utils/serveWithPuppeteer')
@@ -30,29 +30,22 @@ afterAll(() => {
 
 let newId = 1
 async function assertProxy (url, title) {
-  const res = await request({
-    url: `${url}posts/1`,
-    json: true
-  })
+  const res = await fetch(`${url}posts/1`).then(result => result.json())
   expect(res.title).toBe(title)
 
   // POST
   newId++
-  await request({
-    url: `${url}posts`,
-    json: true,
+  await fetch(`${url}posts`, {
     method: 'POST',
-    body: {
+    body: JSON.stringify({
       id: newId,
       title: 'new',
       author: 'test'
-    }
+    }),
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
   })
 
-  const newPost = await request({
-    url: `${url}posts/${newId}`,
-    json: true
-  })
+  const newPost = await fetch(`${url}posts/${newId}`).then(result => result.json())
   expect(newPost.title).toBe('new')
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/request.js b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/request.js
index aeceb2d12b..aa74e0ea59 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/request.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/request.js
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 exports.request = {
-  get (uri, opts) {
+  get (url, opts) {
     // lazy require
-    const request = require('util').promisify(require('request'))
+    const fetch = require('node-fetch')
     const reqOpts = {
       method: 'GET',
       timeout: 30000,
-      resolveWithFullResponse: true,
-      json: true,
-      uri,
       ...opts
     }
 
-    return request(reqOpts)
+    return fetch(url, reqOpts).then(result => result.json())
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/package.json
index e991fce69f..58a5d5d562 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/package.json
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "launch-editor": "^2.2.1",
     "lru-cache": "^6.0.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "node-ipc": "^9.1.1",
     "open": "^7.2.1",
     "ora": "^5.1.0",
     "read-pkg": "^5.1.1",
-    "request": "^2.88.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
index 2531cf3457..ab506ad700 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class PackageManager {
 
     const url = `${registry.replace(/\/$/g, '')}/${packageName}`
     try {
-      metadata = (await request.get(url, { headers })).body
+      metadata = (await request.get(url, { headers }))
       if (metadata.error) {
         throw new Error(metadata.error)
       }
diff --git a/scripts/checkLinks.js b/scripts/checkLinks.js
index 895c5b0741..b2efb019e1 100644
--- a/scripts/checkLinks.js
+++ b/scripts/checkLinks.js
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 require('events').defaultMaxListeners = 0
 const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
-const request = require('request-promise-native')
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 
 const promises = []
 
 async function checkLink (file, link, n) {
   try {
-    const result = await request({
-      method: 'HEAD',
-      uri: link,
-      resolveWithFullResponse: true
-    })
-    if (result.statusCode !== 200) {
+    const result = await fetch(link, { method: 'HEAD' })
+    if (result.status !== 200) {
       throw new Error('error')
     } else {
-      console.log('[OK]', link, result.statusCode)
+      console.log('[OK]', link, result.status)
     }
   } catch (e) {
     console.warn('[!!]', link, `${file}:${parseInt(n) + 1}`)
diff --git a/scripts/syncDeps.js b/scripts/syncDeps.js
index 67a9e54a04..5843bfa204 100644
--- a/scripts/syncDeps.js
+++ b/scripts/syncDeps.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const chalk = require('chalk')
-const request = require('request-promise-native')
+const fetch = require('node-fetch')
 const semver = require('semver')
 const globby = require('globby')
 const { execSync } = require('child_process')
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const getRemoteVersion = async (pkg) => {
   }
   let res
   try {
-    res = await request(`http://registry.npmjs.org/${pkg}/latest`, { json: true })
+    res = await fetch(`http://registry.npmjs.org/${pkg}/latest`).then(result => result.json())
   } catch (e) {
     return
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d6c4abc43b..aad2e06bc6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3178,120 +3178,6 @@
     "@vue/babel-plugin-transform-vue-jsx" "^1.2.1"
     camelcase "^5.0.0"
 
-"@vue/cli-plugin-babel@file:packages/@vue/cli-plugin-babel":
-  version "4.5.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/core" "^7.11.6"
-    "@vue/babel-preset-app" "^4.5.8"
-    "@vue/cli-shared-utils" "^4.5.8"
-    babel-loader "^8.1.0"
-    cache-loader "^4.1.0"
-    thread-loader "^3.0.0"
-    webpack "^4.0.0"
-
-"@vue/cli-plugin-eslint@file:packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint":
-  version "4.5.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@vue/cli-shared-utils" "^4.5.8"
-    eslint-loader "^4.0.2"
-    globby "^9.2.0"
-    inquirer "^7.1.0"
-    webpack "^4.0.0"
-    yorkie "^2.0.0"
-
-"@vue/cli-plugin-typescript@file:packages/@vue/cli-plugin-typescript":
-  version "4.5.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/webpack-env" "^1.15.2"
-    "@vue/cli-shared-utils" "^4.5.8"
-    cache-loader "^4.1.0"
-    fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin "^5.0.11"
-    globby "^9.2.0"
-    thread-loader "^3.0.0"
-    ts-loader "^8.0.5"
-    webpack "^4.0.0"
-    yorkie "^2.0.0"
-
-"@vue/cli-plugin-unit-jest@file:packages/@vue/cli-plugin-unit-jest":
-  version "4.5.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/core" "^7.11.6"
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs" "^7.9.6"
-    "@types/jest" "^24.0.19"
-    "@vue/cli-shared-utils" "^4.5.8"
-    babel-core "^7.0.0-bridge.0"
-    babel-jest "^24.9.0"
-    babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs "^6.26.2"
-    deepmerge "^4.2.2"
-    jest "^24.9.0"
-    jest-environment-jsdom-fifteen "^1.0.2"
-    jest-serializer-vue "^2.0.2"
-    jest-transform-stub "^2.0.0"
-    jest-watch-typeahead "^0.4.2"
-    ts-jest "^24.2.0"
-    vue-jest "^3.0.5"
-
-"@vue/cli-service@file:packages/@vue/cli-service":
-  version "4.5.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@intervolga/optimize-cssnano-plugin" "^1.0.5"
-    "@soda/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin" "^1.7.1"
-    "@soda/get-current-script" "^1.0.0"
-    "@types/minimist" "^1.2.0"
-    "@types/webpack" "^4.0.0"
-    "@types/webpack-dev-server" "^3.11.0"
-    "@vue/cli-overlay" "^4.5.8"
-    "@vue/cli-plugin-router" "^4.5.8"
-    "@vue/cli-plugin-vuex" "^4.5.8"
-    "@vue/cli-shared-utils" "^4.5.8"
-    "@vue/component-compiler-utils" "^3.1.2"
-    "@vue/preload-webpack-plugin" "^1.1.0"
-    "@vue/web-component-wrapper" "^1.2.0"
-    acorn "^8.0.1"
-    acorn-walk "^8.0.0"
-    address "^1.1.2"
-    autoprefixer "^9.8.6"
-    browserslist "^4.14.1"
-    cache-loader "^4.1.0"
-    case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin "^2.3.0"
-    cli-highlight "^2.1.4"
-    clipboardy "^2.3.0"
-    cliui "^6.0.0"
-    copy-webpack-plugin "^6.2.1"
-    css-loader "^3.5.3"
-    cssnano "^4.1.10"
-    debug "^4.1.1"
-    default-gateway "^6.0.2"
-    dotenv "^8.2.0"
-    dotenv-expand "^5.1.0"
-    file-loader "^6.1.1"
-    fs-extra "^7.0.1"
-    globby "^9.2.0"
-    hash-sum "^2.0.0"
-    html-webpack-plugin "^3.2.0"
-    launch-editor-middleware "^2.2.1"
-    lodash.defaultsdeep "^4.6.1"
-    lodash.mapvalues "^4.6.0"
-    lodash.transform "^4.6.0"
-    mini-css-extract-plugin "^0.9.0"
-    minimist "^1.2.5"
-    pnp-webpack-plugin "^1.6.4"
-    portfinder "^1.0.26"
-    postcss-loader "^3.0.0"
-    ssri "^8.0.0"
-    terser-webpack-plugin "^4.2.3"
-    thread-loader "^3.0.0"
-    url-loader "^4.1.1"
-    vue-loader "^15.9.2"
-    vue-style-loader "^4.1.2"
-    webpack "^4.0.0"
-    webpack-bundle-analyzer "^3.8.0"
-    webpack-chain "^6.4.0"
-    webpack-dev-server "^3.11.0"
-    webpack-merge "^4.2.2"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    vue-loader-v16 "npm:vue-loader@^16.0.0-beta.7"
-
 "@vue/compiler-core@3.0.1":
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vue/compiler-core/-/compiler-core-3.0.1.tgz#3ce57531078c6220be7ea458e41e4bab3522015b"
@@ -3424,7 +3310,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vue/shared/-/shared-3.0.1.tgz#48196c056726aa7466d0182698524c84f203006b"
   integrity sha512-/X6AUbTFCyD2BcJnBoacUct8qcv1A5uk1+N+3tbzDVuhGPRmoYrTSnNUuF53C/GIsTkChrEiXaJh2kyo/0tRvw==
 
-"@vue/test-utils@^1.0.3", "@vue/test-utils@^1.0.5", "@vue/test-utils@^1.1.0":
+"@vue/test-utils@^1.0.5", "@vue/test-utils@^1.1.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@vue/test-utils/-/test-utils-1.1.0.tgz#76305e73a786c921ede1352849614e26c7113f94"
   integrity sha512-M+3jtVqNYIrvzO5gaxogre5a5+96h0hN/dXw+5Lj0t+dp6fAhYcUjpLrC9j9cEEkl2Rcuh/gKYRUmR5N4vcqPw==
@@ -16315,7 +16201,7 @@ puppeteer-core@^5.1.0:
     unbzip2-stream "^1.3.3"
     ws "^7.2.3"
 
-puppeteer@1.11.0, puppeteer@^1.11.0:
+puppeteer@^1.11.0:
   version "1.11.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/puppeteer/-/puppeteer-1.11.0.tgz#63cdbe12b07275cd6e0b94bce41f3fcb20305770"
   integrity sha512-iG4iMOHixc2EpzqRV+pv7o3GgmU2dNYEMkvKwSaQO/vMZURakwSOn/EYJ6OIRFYOque1qorzIBvrytPIQB3YzQ==
@@ -19797,7 +19683,7 @@ vue-router@^3.4.3, vue-router@^3.4.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-router/-/vue-router-3.4.7.tgz#bf189bafd16f4e4ef783c4a6250a3090f2c1fa1b"
   integrity sha512-CbHXue5BLrDivOk5O4eZ0WT4Yj8XwdXa4kCnsEIOzYUPF/07ZukayA2jGxDCJxLc9SgVQX9QX0OuGOwGlVB4Qg==
 
-vue-server-renderer@^2.6.10, vue-server-renderer@^2.6.12:
+vue-server-renderer@^2.6.10:
   version "2.6.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-server-renderer/-/vue-server-renderer-2.6.12.tgz#a8cb9c49439ef205293cb41c35d0d2b0541653a5"
   integrity sha512-3LODaOsnQx7iMFTBLjki8xSyOxhCtbZ+nQie0wWY4iOVeEtTg1a3YQAjd82WvKxrWHHTshjvLb7OXMc2/dYuxw==
@@ -19819,7 +19705,7 @@ vue-style-loader@^4.1.0, vue-style-loader@^4.1.2:
     hash-sum "^1.0.2"
     loader-utils "^1.0.2"
 
-vue-template-compiler@^2.6.10, vue-template-compiler@^2.6.11, vue-template-compiler@^2.6.12:
+vue-template-compiler@^2.6.10, vue-template-compiler@^2.6.12:
   version "2.6.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-template-compiler/-/vue-template-compiler-2.6.12.tgz#947ed7196744c8a5285ebe1233fe960437fcc57e"
   integrity sha512-OzzZ52zS41YUbkCBfdXShQTe69j1gQDZ9HIX8miuC9C3rBCk9wIRjLiZZLrmX9V+Ftq/YEyv1JaVr5Y/hNtByg==
@@ -19848,7 +19734,7 @@ vue-virtual-scroller@^1.0.10:
     vue-observe-visibility "^0.4.4"
     vue-resize "^0.4.5"
 
-vue@^2.6.10, vue@^2.6.11, vue@^2.6.12:
+vue@^2.6.10, vue@^2.6.12:
   version "2.6.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue/-/vue-2.6.12.tgz#f5ebd4fa6bd2869403e29a896aed4904456c9123"
   integrity sha512-uhmLFETqPPNyuLLbsKz6ioJ4q7AZHzD8ZVFNATNyICSZouqP2Sz0rotWQC8UNBF6VGSCs5abnKJoStA6JbCbfg==