diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46793277295a2..b835d6b154e66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "check-disk-space": "^2.1.0",
     "color": "1.0.3",
-    "commander": "2.20.0",
+    "commander": "3.0.0",
     "compare-versions": "3.4.0",
     "core-js": "2.6.9",
     "css-loader": "2.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
index 82747ccd0e073..2777103b2d1b7 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.4.4",
     "argv-split": "^2.0.1",
-    "commander": "^2.9.0",
+    "commander": "^3.0.0",
     "del": "^4.0.0",
     "execa": "^1.0.0",
     "globby": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/package.json b/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/package.json
index 36cf37d3172ce..02f08c893d24c 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-spec-to-console/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "prettier": "^1.14.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "commander": "^2.11.0",
+    "commander": "^3.0.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.2"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index 0d6d13d66d6f1..bb5c34126ef96 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     "chance": "1.0.18",
     "checksum": "0.1.1",
     "cheerio": "0.22.0",
-    "commander": "2.20.0",
+    "commander": "3.0.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^5.0.0",
     "del": "^4.0.0",
     "dotenv": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 848aa88ea91cd..b7038447cb6a4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8611,11 +8611,6 @@ commander@2.17.x, commander@~2.17.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.17.1.tgz#bd77ab7de6de94205ceacc72f1716d29f20a77bf"
   integrity sha512-wPMUt6FnH2yzG95SA6mzjQOEKUU3aLaDEmzs1ti+1E9h+CsrZghRlqEM/EJ4KscsQVG8uNN4uVreUeT8+drlgg==
 
-commander@2.20.0, commander@^2.13.0, commander@^2.15.1, commander@^2.16.0, commander@^2.19.0, commander@^2.7.1:
-  version "2.20.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.0.tgz#d58bb2b5c1ee8f87b0d340027e9e94e222c5a422"
-  integrity sha512-7j2y+40w61zy6YC2iRNpUe/NwhNyoXrYpHMrSunaMG64nRnaf96zO/KMQR4OyN/UnE5KLyEBnKHd4aG3rskjpQ==
-
 commander@2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.3.0.tgz#fd430e889832ec353b9acd1de217c11cb3eef873"
@@ -8628,6 +8623,16 @@ commander@2.9.0, commander@~2.9.0:
   dependencies:
     graceful-readlink ">= 1.0.0"
 
+commander@3.0.0, commander@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-3.0.0.tgz#0641ea00838c7a964627f04cddc336a2deddd60a"
+  integrity sha512-pl3QrGOBa9RZaslQiqnnKX2J068wcQw7j9AIaBQ9/JEp5RY6je4jKTImg0Bd+rpoONSe7GUFSgkxLeo17m3Pow==
+
+commander@^2.13.0, commander@^2.15.1, commander@^2.16.0, commander@^2.19.0, commander@^2.7.1:
+  version "2.20.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.0.tgz#d58bb2b5c1ee8f87b0d340027e9e94e222c5a422"
+  integrity sha512-7j2y+40w61zy6YC2iRNpUe/NwhNyoXrYpHMrSunaMG64nRnaf96zO/KMQR4OyN/UnE5KLyEBnKHd4aG3rskjpQ==
+
 commander@^2.8.1:
   version "2.18.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.18.0.tgz#2bf063ddee7c7891176981a2cc798e5754bc6970"