diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed6ef6f22..c5c279ed7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "vis": "4.20.1",
     "winston": "^2.4.0",
     "wolfy87-eventemitter": "^5.2.3",
-    "yarn": "^1.5.1"
+    "yarn": "^1.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aws-sdk-mock": "^1.7.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 15dbf75ff..1b0857e41 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6065,6 +6065,6 @@ yargs@~3.10.0:
     decamelize "^1.0.0"
     window-size "0.1.0"
 
-yarn@^1.5.1:
-  version "1.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yarn/-/yarn-1.5.1.tgz#e8680360e832ac89521eb80dad3a7bc27a40bab4"
+yarn@^1.6.0:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yarn/-/yarn-1.6.0.tgz#9cec6f7986dc237d39ec705ce74d95155fe55d4b"