diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79017f520..43a475257 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "prometheus-api-metrics": "^3.2.0",
     "randomcolor": "^0.6.0",
     "readline-sync": "^1.4.7",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "rimraf": "^4.0.0",
     "sanitize-filename": "^1.6.3",
     "scrypt-kdf": "^2.0.1",
     "sequelize": "^5.21.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 38895322c..62d536090 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9844,6 +9844,11 @@ rimraf@^3.0.2:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
+rimraf@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-4.0.5.tgz#c93184b2cc87e78b205f912226320c8515df9cf9"
+  integrity sha512-3gf/WdsBM+ZkuPb76MpXSxNKt00QQ3PdXqDCCBOsHgcoBs8DAhXbqtrGQUAkhxHgXYWzXxuaOsN4s21+at5fBw==
+
 ripemd160@^2.0.0, ripemd160@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ripemd160/-/ripemd160-2.0.2.tgz#a1c1a6f624751577ba5d07914cbc92850585890c"