diff --git a/packages/app-cli/package.json b/packages/app-cli/package.json
index 0d74d610f..a29de0b4b 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-cli/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
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     "url-parse": "1.5.10",
     "word-wrap": "1.2.3",
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+    "yargs-parser": "21.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@joplin/tools": "~2.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2a6369348..df725c4a5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -20761,7 +20761,7 @@ __metadata:
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     url-parse: 1.5.10
     word-wrap: 1.2.3
-    yargs-parser: 7.0.0
+    yargs-parser: 21.1.1
   bin:
     joplin: ./main.js
   languageName: unknown
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-  resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:7.0.0"
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+"yargs-parser@npm:21.1.1, yargs-parser@npm:^21.1.1":
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+  resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:21.1.1"
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@@ -33963,13 +33961,6 @@ __metadata:
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-  resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:21.1.1"
-  checksum: ed2d96a616a9e3e1cc7d204c62ecc61f7aaab633dcbfab2c6df50f7f87b393993fe6640d017759fe112d0cb1e0119f2b4150a87305cc873fd90831c6a58ccf1c
-  languageName: node
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   resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:5.0.1"
@@ -33980,6 +33971,15 @@ __metadata:
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+  version: 7.0.0
+  resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:7.0.0"
+  dependencies:
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+  checksum: af411d144801c374f059b9f955976891cf4ec0c0f721516a232ba0c6df59cdb2b05a5ed306aa228fdeee1da2103cd4c335e2e9c3e0d82d15477b33e6479c027c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "yargs-parser@npm:8.1.0"