diff --git a/packages/jsii-config/package.json b/packages/jsii-config/package.json
index 649ebe7638..eb08cee5bc 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-config/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@jsii/spec": "^0.21.0",
     "inquirer": "^7.0.1",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "jest": {
     "collectCoverage": true,
diff --git a/packages/jsii-diff/package.json b/packages/jsii-diff/package.json
index 2a154b801e..c5aee900e6 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-diff/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-diff/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "jsii-reflect": "^0.21.0",
     "log4js": "^6.1.0",
     "typescript": "~3.7.4",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/jsii-pacmak/package.json b/packages/jsii-pacmak/package.json
index 8d90653ad1..71485e2236 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-pacmak/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-pacmak/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "semver": "^7.1.1",
     "spdx-license-list": "^6.1.0",
     "xmlbuilder": "^13.0.2",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jsii/dotnet-jsonmodel": "^0.21.0",
diff --git a/packages/jsii-reflect/package.json b/packages/jsii-reflect/package.json
index cdb392d73a..44c4cb6a67 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-reflect/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-reflect/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "oo-ascii-tree": "^0.21.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@scope/jsii-calc-lib": "^0.21.0",
diff --git a/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json b/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
index 1b41483306..f2579d057b 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii-rosetta/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "commonmark": "^0.29.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "typescript": "~3.7.4",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "jest": {
     "moduleFileExtensions": [
diff --git a/packages/jsii/package.json b/packages/jsii/package.json
index dd6416544e..3079f4a848 100644
--- a/packages/jsii/package.json
+++ b/packages/jsii/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "sort-json": "^2.0.0",
     "spdx-license-list": "^6.1.0",
     "typescript": "~3.7.4",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/clone": "^0.1.30",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1a69d37940..eaf22b9bdc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8629,10 +8629,10 @@ yargs@^14.0.0, yargs@^14.2.2:
     y18n "^4.0.0"
     yargs-parser "^15.0.0"
 
-yargs@^15.0.2:
-  version "15.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-15.0.2.tgz#4248bf218ef050385c4f7e14ebdf425653d13bd3"
-  integrity sha512-GH/X/hYt+x5hOat4LMnCqMd8r5Cv78heOMIJn1hr7QPPBqfeC6p89Y78+WB9yGDvfpCvgasfmWLzNzEioOUD9Q==
+yargs@^15.1.0:
+  version "15.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-15.1.0.tgz#e111381f5830e863a89550bd4b136bb6a5f37219"
+  integrity sha512-T39FNN1b6hCW4SOIk1XyTOWxtXdcen0t+XYrysQmChzSipvhBO8Bj0nK1ozAasdk24dNWuMZvr4k24nz+8HHLg==
   dependencies:
     cliui "^6.0.0"
     decamelize "^1.2.0"