diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd3e913f2..5bcc3ac3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^39.6.4",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.1.1",
-    "execa": "^6.1.0",
+    "execa": "^7.0.0",
     "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "gh-pages": "^4.0.0",