diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5f19ba5b013b182f6fdc364c66197a74f7c3f5d..359470002d95e22ecc8b7391a9e801b4799cd1b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     "validator": "10.11.0",
     "www-authenticate": "0.6.2",
     "xmldoc": "1.1.2",
-    "yarn": "1.15.2"
+    "yarn": "1.16.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/bunyan": "1.8.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c240160e088dc02ee3c2869099f582151a837126..ea1395d78dfb246c2d4f5d5d98fa62e3f149bcf3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8839,10 +8839,10 @@ yargs@^12.0.0, yargs@^12.0.2:
     y18n "^3.2.1 || ^4.0.0"
     yargs-parser "^11.1.1"
 
-yarn@1.15.2:
-  version "1.15.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yarn/-/yarn-1.15.2.tgz#7a064ca81ca34235f16376ad2f796ed432f9e285"
-  integrity sha512-DhqaGe2FcYKduO42d2hByXk7y8k2k42H3uzYdWBMTvcNcgWKx7xCkJWsVAQikXvaEQN2GyJNrz8CboqUmaBRrw==
+yarn@1.16.0:
+  version "1.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yarn/-/yarn-1.16.0.tgz#5701b58ac555ff91f7b889b7d791b3dc86f8f999"
+  integrity sha512-cfemyGlnWKA1zopUUgebTPf8C4WkPIZ+TJmklwcEAJ4u6oWPtJeAzrsamaGGh/+b1XWe8W51yzAImC4AWbWR1g==
 
 yn@^3.0.0:
   version "3.1.0"