diff --git a/packages/create/package.json b/packages/create/package.json
index a494dceb..a86c6866 100644
--- a/packages/create/package.json
+++ b/packages/create/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine": "^1.5.0",
         "@dhis2/cli-helpers-template": "^1.0.2",
-        "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
+        "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
         "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
         "inquirer": "^7.1.0"
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fdd382e3..f046fa5d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3070,6 +3070,11 @@ asynckit@^0.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/asynckit/-/asynckit-0.4.0.tgz#c79ed97f7f34cb8f2ba1bc9790bcc366474b4b79"
   integrity sha1-x57Zf380y48robyXkLzDZkdLS3k=
 
+at-least-node@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/at-least-node/-/at-least-node-1.0.0.tgz#602cd4b46e844ad4effc92a8011a3c46e0238dc2"
+  integrity sha512-+q/t7Ekv1EDY2l6Gda6LLiX14rU9TV20Wa3ofeQmwPFZbOMo9DXrLbOjFaaclkXKWidIaopwAObQDqwWtGUjqg==
+
 atob@^2.1.1, atob@^2.1.2:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atob/-/atob-2.1.2.tgz#6d9517eb9e030d2436666651e86bd9f6f13533c9"
@@ -6732,6 +6737,16 @@ fs-extra@^8.0.0, fs-extra@^8.0.1, fs-extra@^8.1.0:
     jsonfile "^4.0.0"
     universalify "^0.1.0"
 
+fs-extra@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.0.0.tgz#b6afc31036e247b2466dc99c29ae797d5d4580a3"
+  integrity sha512-pmEYSk3vYsG/bF651KPUXZ+hvjpgWYw/Gc7W9NFUe3ZVLczKKWIij3IKpOrQcdw4TILtibFslZ0UmR8Vvzig4g==
+  dependencies:
+    at-least-node "^1.0.0"
+    graceful-fs "^4.2.0"
+    jsonfile "^6.0.1"
+    universalify "^1.0.0"
+
 fs-minipass@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-minipass/-/fs-minipass-1.2.7.tgz#ccff8570841e7fe4265693da88936c55aed7f7c7"
@@ -9000,6 +9015,15 @@ jsonfile@^4.0.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
 
+jsonfile@^6.0.1:
+  version "6.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.0.1.tgz#98966cba214378c8c84b82e085907b40bf614179"
+  integrity sha512-jR2b5v7d2vIOust+w3wtFKZIfpC2pnRmFAhAC/BuweZFQR8qZzxH1OyrQ10HmdVYiXWkYUqPVsz91cG7EL2FBg==
+  dependencies:
+    universalify "^1.0.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
+
 jsonify@~0.0.0:
   version "0.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.0.tgz#2c74b6ee41d93ca51b7b5aaee8f503631d252a73"
@@ -15232,6 +15256,11 @@ universalify@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz#b646f69be3942dabcecc9d6639c80dc105efaa66"
 
+universalify@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-1.0.0.tgz#b61a1da173e8435b2fe3c67d29b9adf8594bd16d"
+  integrity sha512-rb6X1W158d7pRQBg5gkR8uPaSfiids68LTJQYOtEUhoJUWBdaQHsuT/EUduxXYxcrt4r5PJ4fuHW1MHT6p0qug==
+
 unix-crypt-td-js@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unix-crypt-td-js/-/unix-crypt-td-js-1.0.0.tgz#1c0824150481bc7a01d49e98f1ec668d82412f3b"