diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/package.json b/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
index cd0f0db3177a1..9a0462e9588fb 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "table": "^5.4.6",
     "uuid": "^7.0.1",
     "yaml": "^1.7.2",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk.git",
diff --git a/packages/cdk-assets/package.json b/packages/cdk-assets/package.json
index 34ea99be0b2d9..e17c77f6e099a 100644
--- a/packages/cdk-assets/package.json
+++ b/packages/cdk-assets/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "archiver": "^3.1.1",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.630.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.2"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "url": "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk.git",
diff --git a/packages/decdk/package.json b/packages/decdk/package.json
index 5bc15557ecd49..67557c0f9ab45 100644
--- a/packages/decdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/decdk/package.json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     "jsii-reflect": "^1.0.0",
     "jsonschema": "^1.2.5",
     "yaml": "1.7.2",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/tools/awslint/package.json b/tools/awslint/package.json
index be088b239225f..2763a93b69a91 100644
--- a/tools/awslint/package.json
+++ b/tools/awslint/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "jsii-reflect": "^1.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json b/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
index 66e8e7ed4c2bf..6cb83e043a61e 100644
--- a/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
+++ b/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "ts-jest": "^25.2.0",
     "tslint": "^5.20.1",
     "typescript": "~3.8.3",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "aws",
diff --git a/tools/cdk-integ-tools/package.json b/tools/cdk-integ-tools/package.json
index a309b7fa3359f..3a30b98bab3b0 100644
--- a/tools/cdk-integ-tools/package.json
+++ b/tools/cdk-integ-tools/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/cx-api": "0.0.0",
     "aws-cdk": "0.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "aws",
diff --git a/tools/cfn2ts/package.json b/tools/cfn2ts/package.json
index 9eec0e4240c48..eebcea638d960 100644
--- a/tools/cfn2ts/package.json
+++ b/tools/cfn2ts/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "codemaker": "^1.0.0",
     "fast-json-patch": "^3.0.0-1",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
diff --git a/tools/pkglint/package.json b/tools/pkglint/package.json
index 9e136eebc3266..52110d963a6da 100644
--- a/tools/pkglint/package.json
+++ b/tools/pkglint/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "semver": "^7.1.3",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/pkgtools/package.json b/tools/pkgtools/package.json
index 3ac457ad43197..91478e8280483 100644
--- a/tools/pkgtools/package.json
+++ b/tools/pkgtools/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.1.0"
+    "yargs": "^15.2.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "aws",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b89ab2bbcce4d..1a5664404b59f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12232,6 +12232,14 @@ yargs-parser@^16.1.0:
     camelcase "^5.0.0"
     decamelize "^1.2.0"
 
+yargs-parser@^17.1.0:
+  version "17.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-17.1.0.tgz#b95ff3201e98b89e86070f92bef636016a0b0766"
+  integrity sha512-67zLl4/kWtp9eyVuxX+fHZ2Ey4ySWh0awDJlk/EtT0vzspsXbzrFsh76WjYSP3L++zhSwHQRUE3MCBe754RuEg==
+  dependencies:
+    camelcase "^5.0.0"
+    decamelize "^1.2.0"
+
 yargs-parser@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-2.4.1.tgz#85568de3cf150ff49fa51825f03a8c880ddcc5c4"
@@ -12290,10 +12298,10 @@ yargs@^14.0.0, yargs@^14.2.2:
     y18n "^4.0.0"
     yargs-parser "^15.0.0"
 
-yargs@^15.0.2, yargs@^15.1.0:
-  version "15.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-15.1.0.tgz#e111381f5830e863a89550bd4b136bb6a5f37219"
-  integrity sha512-T39FNN1b6hCW4SOIk1XyTOWxtXdcen0t+XYrysQmChzSipvhBO8Bj0nK1ozAasdk24dNWuMZvr4k24nz+8HHLg==
+yargs@^15.0.2, yargs@^15.1.0, yargs@^15.2.0:
+  version "15.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-15.2.0.tgz#cb9fc7f7ec429f7e9329b623f5c707a62dae506a"
+  integrity sha512-E+o8C37U+M7N15rBJVxr0MoInp+O7XNhMqveSGWA5uhddqs8qtkZ+uvT9FI32QML0SKidXdDONr40Xe3tDO9FA==
   dependencies:
     cliui "^6.0.0"
     decamelize "^1.2.0"
@@ -12305,7 +12313,7 @@ yargs@^15.0.2, yargs@^15.1.0:
     string-width "^4.2.0"
     which-module "^2.0.0"
     y18n "^4.0.0"
-    yargs-parser "^16.1.0"
+    yargs-parser "^17.1.0"
 
 yargs@^4.7.1:
   version "4.8.1"