diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd28a75de7824..5f59658d54282 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
     "semver": "5.1.0",
     "style-loader": "0.19.0",
     "tabbable": "1.1.0",
-    "tar": "2.2.0",
+    "tar": "4.4.18",
     "tinygradient": "0.3.0",
     "trunc-html": "1.0.2",
     "trunc-text": "1.0.2",