diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9807d6de95..4c8be3e4364 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "v8-compile-cache": "^1.1.2",
     "webpack-addons": "^1.1.5",
     "webpack-fork-yeoman-generator": "^1.1.1",
-    "yargs": "11.0.0",
+    "yargs": "9.0.1",
     "yeoman-environment": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4e209885745..4ea5375699f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8368,12 +8368,6 @@ yargs-parser@^8.0.0, yargs-parser@^8.1.0:
   dependencies:
     camelcase "^4.1.0"
 
-yargs-parser@^9.0.2:
-  version "9.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-9.0.2.tgz#9ccf6a43460fe4ed40a9bb68f48d43b8a68cc077"
-  dependencies:
-    camelcase "^4.1.0"
-
 yargs@10.0.3:
   version "10.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-10.0.3.tgz#6542debd9080ad517ec5048fb454efe9e4d4aaae"
@@ -8391,23 +8385,6 @@ yargs@10.0.3:
     y18n "^3.2.1"
     yargs-parser "^8.0.0"
 
-yargs@11.0.0:
-  version "11.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-11.0.0.tgz#c052931006c5eee74610e5fc0354bedfd08a201b"
-  dependencies:
-    cliui "^4.0.0"
-    decamelize "^1.1.1"
-    find-up "^2.1.0"
-    get-caller-file "^1.0.1"
-    os-locale "^2.0.0"
-    require-directory "^2.1.1"
-    require-main-filename "^1.0.1"
-    set-blocking "^2.0.0"
-    string-width "^2.0.0"
-    which-module "^2.0.0"
-    y18n "^3.2.1"
-    yargs-parser "^9.0.2"
-
 yargs@9.0.1:
   version "9.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-9.0.1.tgz#52acc23feecac34042078ee78c0c007f5085db4c"