diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a08963d37feea..90d9f8aa5d2d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
     "del": "^6.1.0",
     "elastic-apm-node": "^4.0.0",
     "email-addresses": "^5.0.0",
-    "execa": "^4.0.2",
+    "execa": "^5.1.1",
     "expiry-js": "0.1.7",
     "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
     "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7e1992e29ade1..6a4f80236417c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16172,7 +16172,7 @@ 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@4.1.0, execa@^4.0.2:
+execa@4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-4.1.0.tgz#4e5491ad1572f2f17a77d388c6c857135b22847a"
   integrity sha512-j5W0//W7f8UxAn8hXVnwG8tLwdiUy4FJLcSupCg6maBYZDpyBvTApK7KyuI4bKj8KOh1r2YH+6ucuYtJv1bTZA==