diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa9c8f6c40160..e7143826d5720 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     "elastic-apm-node": "^3.2.0",
     "elasticsearch": "^16.5.0",
     "elasticsearch-browser": "^16.5.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "expiry-js": "0.1.7",
     "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
     "file-loader": "4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
index bea153d0a672b..ee9f349f49051 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "exit-hook": "^2.2.0",
     "getopts": "^2.2.5",
     "load-json-file": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/package.json b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
index f9d7bffed1e22..8b964d8399904 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
     "del": "^5.1.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "getopts": "^2.2.4",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
index ac98a0e675fb1..b3b1eff41e4b5 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^2.4.2",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "getopts": "^2.2.4",
     "lodash.camelcase": "^4.3.0",
     "lodash.kebabcase": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
index 3b358c03b8053..c348aa43789d1 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "argv-split": "^2.0.1",
     "commander": "^3.0.0",
     "del": "^5.1.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "globby": "^8.0.1",
     "gulp-babel": "^8.0.0",
     "gulp-rename": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
index a05e1634226e5..a236db9eee18a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "cpy": "^8.0.0",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
     "del": "^5.1.0",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "getopts": "^2.2.4",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "globby": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/package.json b/packages/kbn-storybook/package.json
index 73deadba0a619..0b38554f7806c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "@storybook/react": "^5.2.8",
     "@storybook/theming": "^5.2.8",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "5.0.3",
-    "execa": "1.0.0",
     "fast-glob": "2.2.7",
     "glob-watcher": "5.0.3",
     "jest-specific-snapshot": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 192ecd25b582c..209e05f28b586 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     "enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.15.2",
     "enzyme-adapter-utils": "^1.13.0",
     "enzyme-to-json": "^3.4.4",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "fancy-log": "^1.3.2",
     "fetch-mock": "^7.3.9",
     "graphql-code-generator": "^0.18.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b4945cc3f4100..29b9b972b6a43 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13162,19 +13162,6 @@ exec-sh@^0.3.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exec-sh/-/exec-sh-0.3.2.tgz#6738de2eb7c8e671d0366aea0b0db8c6f7d7391b"
   integrity sha512-9sLAvzhI5nc8TpuQUh4ahMdCrWT00wPWz7j47/emR5+2qEfoZP5zzUXvx+vdx+H6ohhnsYC31iX04QLYJK8zTg==
 
-execa@1.0.0, execa@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-1.0.0.tgz#c6236a5bb4df6d6f15e88e7f017798216749ddd8"
-  integrity sha512-adbxcyWV46qiHyvSp50TKt05tB4tK3HcmF7/nxfAdhnox83seTDbwnaqKO4sXRy7roHAIFqJP/Rw/AuEbX61LA==
-  dependencies:
-    cross-spawn "^6.0.0"
-    get-stream "^4.0.0"
-    is-stream "^1.1.0"
-    npm-run-path "^2.0.0"
-    p-finally "^1.0.0"
-    signal-exit "^3.0.0"
-    strip-eof "^1.0.0"
-
 execa@3.3.0:
   version "3.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-3.3.0.tgz#7e348eef129a1937f21ecbbd53390942653522c1"
@@ -13251,10 +13238,23 @@ execa@^0.7.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
-execa@^3.2.0:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-3.2.0.tgz#18326b79c7ab7fbd6610fd900c1b9e95fa48f90a"
-  integrity sha512-kJJfVbI/lZE1PZYDI5VPxp8zXPO9rtxOkhpZ0jMKha56AI9y2gGVC6bkukStQf0ka5Rh15BA5m7cCCH4jmHqkw==
+execa@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-1.0.0.tgz#c6236a5bb4df6d6f15e88e7f017798216749ddd8"
+  integrity sha512-adbxcyWV46qiHyvSp50TKt05tB4tK3HcmF7/nxfAdhnox83seTDbwnaqKO4sXRy7roHAIFqJP/Rw/AuEbX61LA==
+  dependencies:
+    cross-spawn "^6.0.0"
+    get-stream "^4.0.0"
+    is-stream "^1.1.0"
+    npm-run-path "^2.0.0"
+    p-finally "^1.0.0"
+    signal-exit "^3.0.0"
+    strip-eof "^1.0.0"
+
+execa@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-4.0.0.tgz#7f37d6ec17f09e6b8fc53288611695b6d12b9daf"
+  integrity sha512-JbDUxwV3BoT5ZVXQrSVbAiaXhXUkIwvbhPIwZ0N13kX+5yCzOhUNdocxB/UQRuYOHRYYwAxKYwJYc0T4D12pDA==
   dependencies:
     cross-spawn "^7.0.0"
     get-stream "^5.0.0"
@@ -13263,7 +13263,6 @@ execa@^3.2.0:
     merge-stream "^2.0.0"
     npm-run-path "^4.0.0"
     onetime "^5.1.0"
-    p-finally "^2.0.0"
     signal-exit "^3.0.2"
     strip-final-newline "^2.0.0"