diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d2865da9..a3341208e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "aphrodite": "https://github.com/learningequality/aphrodite/",
     "autosize": "3.0.21",
-    "color": "3.2.1",
+    "color": "4.2.3",
     "css-element-queries": "1.2.0",
     "date-fns": "1.30.1",
     "frame-throttle": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 706bd4d88..0e85663e6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ collection-visit@^1.0.0:
     map-visit "^1.0.0"
     object-visit "^1.0.0"
 
-color-convert@^1.9.0, color-convert@^1.9.3:
+color-convert@^1.9.0:
   version "1.9.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-1.9.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-QfAUtd+vFdAtFQcC8CCyYt1fYWxSqAiK2cSD6zDB8N3cpsEBAvRxp9zOGg6G/SHHJYAT88/az/IuDGALsNVbGg==
@@ -4273,10 +4273,10 @@ color-name@^1.0.0, color-name@~1.1.4:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz"
   integrity sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==
 
-color-string@^1.6.0:
-  version "1.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-string/-/color-string-1.6.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-c/hGS+kRWJutUBEngKKmk4iH3sD59MBkoxVapS/0wgpCz2u7XsNloxknyvBhzwEs1IbV36D9PwqLPJ2DTu3vMA==
+color-string@^1.9.0:
+  version "1.9.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-string/-/color-string-1.9.1.tgz#4467f9146f036f855b764dfb5bf8582bf342c7a4"
+  integrity sha512-shrVawQFojnZv6xM40anx4CkoDP+fZsw/ZerEMsW/pyzsRbElpsL/DBVW7q3ExxwusdNXI3lXpuhEZkzs8p5Eg==
   dependencies:
     color-name "^1.0.0"
     simple-swizzle "^0.2.2"
@@ -4286,13 +4286,13 @@ color-support@^1.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color-support/-/color-support-1.1.3.tgz#93834379a1cc9a0c61f82f52f0d04322251bd5a2"
   integrity sha512-qiBjkpbMLO/HL68y+lh4q0/O1MZFj2RX6X/KmMa3+gJD3z+WwI1ZzDHysvqHGS3mP6mznPckpXmw1nI9cJjyRg==
 
-color@3.2.1:
-  version "3.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/color/-/color-3.2.1.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-aBl7dZI9ENN6fUGC7mWpMTPNHmWUSNan9tuWN6ahh5ZLNk9baLJOnSMlrQkHcrfFgz2/RigjUVAjdx36VcemKA==
+color@4.2.3:
+  version "4.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/color/-/color-4.2.3.tgz#d781ecb5e57224ee43ea9627560107c0e0c6463a"
+  integrity sha512-1rXeuUUiGGrykh+CeBdu5Ie7OJwinCgQY0bc7GCRxy5xVHy+moaqkpL/jqQq0MtQOeYcrqEz4abc5f0KtU7W4A==
   dependencies:
-    color-convert "^1.9.3"
-    color-string "^1.6.0"
+    color-convert "^2.0.1"
+    color-string "^1.9.0"
 
 colord@^2.9.1, colord@^2.9.3:
   version "2.9.3"