diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts b/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
index ea95986e67645..a180c9f631ec5 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/create-app.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import retry from 'async-retry'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import cpy from 'cpy'
 import fs from 'fs'
-import makeDir from 'make-dir'
 import os from 'os'
 import path from 'path'
 import {
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   hasRepo,
   RepoInfo,
 } from './helpers/examples'
+import { makeDir } from './helpers/make-dir'
 import { tryGitInit } from './helpers/git'
 import { install } from './helpers/install'
 import { isFolderEmpty } from './helpers/is-folder-empty'
diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/helpers/make-dir.ts b/packages/create-next-app/helpers/make-dir.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..00bfed2eb42ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/helpers/make-dir.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+
+export function makeDir(
+  root: string,
+  options = { recursive: true }
+): Promise<void> {
+  return fs.promises.mkdir(root, options)
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-next-app/package.json b/packages/create-next-app/package.json
index 968b95a5a1053..b03b1ccaaa795 100644
--- a/packages/create-next-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-next-app/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "cpy": "7.3.0",
     "cross-spawn": "6.0.5",
     "got": "10.7.0",
-    "make-dir": "3.0.0",
     "prompts": "2.1.0",
     "rimraf": "3.0.0",
     "tar": "4.4.10",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 226b2d14e26a1..cf1cb2c319725 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10060,12 +10060,6 @@ magic-string@^0.25.2, magic-string@^0.25.3:
   dependencies:
     sourcemap-codec "^1.4.4"
 
-make-dir@3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-dir/-/make-dir-3.0.0.tgz#1b5f39f6b9270ed33f9f054c5c0f84304989f801"
-  dependencies:
-    semver "^6.0.0"
-
 make-dir@^1.0.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-dir/-/make-dir-1.3.0.tgz#79c1033b80515bd6d24ec9933e860ca75ee27f0c"