diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8ebd18636bf2..3fa8698e69ab4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "brace": "0.11.1",
     "bunyan": "1.7.1",
     "cache-loader": "1.0.3",
-    "chalk": "2.3.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "check-hash": "1.0.1",
     "color": "1.0.3",
     "commander": "2.8.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
index 0994839faadcf..1b3de419647d8 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "kbn:bootstrap": "yarn build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^2.3.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "execa": "^0.10.0",
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
     "rxjs": "^6.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/yarn.lock
index 674ed690d11d1..84f3763d0adec 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-dev-utils/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-dev-utils/yarn.lock
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.0:
-  version "2.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.2.tgz#250dc96b07491bfd601e648d66ddf5f60c7a5c65"
+chalk@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
     ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/package.json b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
index 1edb90fbb6aae..9b5e2322c4a6b 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@kbn/dev-utils": "link:../kbn-dev-utils",
-    "chalk": "^2.3.1",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
     "elasticsearch": "^14.1.0",
     "execa": "^0.10.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-es/yarn.lock
index 2543d8798364b..46fdc14211536 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/yarn.lock
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ chalk@^1.0.0:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.3.1:
-  version "2.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.2.tgz#250dc96b07491bfd601e648d66ddf5f60c7a5c65"
+chalk@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
     ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-i18n/yarn.lock
index 820b3d356fa3c..b0dd432c04d79 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/yarn.lock
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.0:
+chalk@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
index 37f4972899c79..f846747203ca9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chalk": "^2.3.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
     "execa": "^0.9.0",
     "getopts": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/yarn.lock
index eeaef74565df0..b8110052c7761 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-generator/yarn.lock
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ ansi-styles@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     color-convert "^1.9.0"
 
+ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz#41fbb20243e50b12be0f04b8dedbf07520ce841d"
+  dependencies:
+    color-convert "^1.9.0"
+
 array-differ@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-differ/-/array-differ-1.0.0.tgz#eff52e3758249d33be402b8bb8e564bb2b5d4031"
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.3.0:
+chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.0.tgz#b5ea48efc9c1793dccc9b4767c93914d3f2d52ba"
   dependencies:
@@ -209,6 +215,14 @@ chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.3.0:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^4.0.0"
 
+chalk@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    supports-color "^5.3.0"
+
 chardet@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chardet/-/chardet-0.4.2.tgz#b5473b33dc97c424e5d98dc87d55d4d8a29c8bf2"
@@ -653,6 +667,10 @@ has-flag@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz#e8207af1cc7b30d446cc70b734b5e8be18f88d51"
 
+has-flag@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz#b5d454dc2199ae225699f3467e5a07f3b955bafd"
+
 has-symbol-support-x@^1.4.1:
   version "1.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-symbol-support-x/-/has-symbol-support-x-1.4.1.tgz#66ec2e377e0c7d7ccedb07a3a84d77510ff1bc4c"
@@ -1483,6 +1501,12 @@ supports-color@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^2.0.0"
 
+supports-color@^5.3.0:
+  version "5.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz#1c6b337402c2137605efe19f10fec390f6faab54"
+  dependencies:
+    has-flag "^3.0.0"
+
 tar-stream@^1.5.2:
   version "1.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-stream/-/tar-stream-1.5.5.tgz#5cad84779f45c83b1f2508d96b09d88c7218af55"
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
index 31834ba0cd847..dd46c268aa0ba 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
     "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
     "babel-preset-stage-3": "^6.24.1",
-    "chalk": "^2.3.1",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "cmd-shim": "^2.0.2",
     "cpy": "^6.0.0",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-pm/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-pm/yarn.lock
index 262167d38a976..0c99ef3985a74 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-pm/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-pm/yarn.lock
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ ansi-styles@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     color-convert "^1.9.0"
 
+ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz#41fbb20243e50b12be0f04b8dedbf07520ce841d"
+  dependencies:
+    color-convert "^1.9.0"
+
 anymatch@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/anymatch/-/anymatch-1.3.2.tgz#553dcb8f91e3c889845dfdba34c77721b90b9d7a"
@@ -1040,7 +1046,7 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.3.1:
+chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.3.0:
   version "2.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.1.tgz#523fe2678aec7b04e8041909292fe8b17059b796"
   dependencies:
@@ -1048,6 +1054,14 @@ chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.1.0, chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.3.1:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^5.2.0"
 
+chalk@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    supports-color "^5.3.0"
+
 chokidar@^1.7.0:
   version "1.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-1.7.0.tgz#798e689778151c8076b4b360e5edd28cda2bb468"
@@ -3455,6 +3469,12 @@ supports-color@^5.2.0:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^3.0.0"
 
+supports-color@^5.3.0:
+  version "5.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz#1c6b337402c2137605efe19f10fec390f6faab54"
+  dependencies:
+    has-flag "^3.0.0"
+
 tapable@^0.2.7:
   version "0.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tapable/-/tapable-0.2.8.tgz#99372a5c999bf2df160afc0d74bed4f47948cd22"
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-test/yarn.lock
index 47c2b797c6c55..29c2664da1de2 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/yarn.lock
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.4.1:
+chalk@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/package.json b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/package.json
index 9c752ae7849c0..a778f036a65ac 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "7.1.2",
     "babel-polyfill": "6.20.0",
     "brace": "0.10.0",
-    "chalk": "2.3.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "chokidar": "1.6.0",
     "css-loader": "0.28.7",
     "expose-loader": "0.7.3",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/yarn.lock b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/yarn.lock
index e3bd267f93b4e..1e56d3ddcc536 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ui-framework/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/kbn-ui-framework/yarn.lock
@@ -1353,6 +1353,14 @@ chalk@^1.0.0, chalk@^1.1.1, chalk@^1.1.3, chalk@~1.1.1:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
+chalk@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    supports-color "^5.3.0"
+
 chardet@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chardet/-/chardet-0.4.2.tgz#b5473b33dc97c424e5d98dc87d55d4d8a29c8bf2"
diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index ddc04ed143f22..95e1a9d855303 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "aws-sdk": "2.2.33",
     "axios": "^0.18.0",
     "babel-jest": "^22.4.3",
-    "chalk": "^2.3.2",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "chance": "1.0.10",
     "checksum": "0.1.1",
     "commander": "2.12.2",
diff --git a/x-pack/yarn.lock b/x-pack/yarn.lock
index 78444a7200549..64394a32b53c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/yarn.lock
+++ b/x-pack/yarn.lock
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ chalk@^1.0.0, chalk@^1.1.1, chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.3.0:
+chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.0.tgz#b5ea48efc9c1793dccc9b4767c93914d3f2d52ba"
   dependencies:
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.0.1, chalk@^2.3.0:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^4.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.1, chalk@^2.4.1:
+chalk@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
@@ -1339,14 +1339,6 @@ chalk@^2.3.1, chalk@^2.4.1:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^5.3.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.2:
-  version "2.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.2.tgz#250dc96b07491bfd601e648d66ddf5f60c7a5c65"
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
-    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
-    supports-color "^5.3.0"
-
 chance@1.0.10:
   version "1.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chance/-/chance-1.0.10.tgz#03500b04ad94e778dd2891b09ec73a6ad87b1996"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 03747a9586968..5f9572d3868df 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ ansi-styles@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-2.2.1.tgz#b432dd3358b634cf75e1e4664368240533c1ddbe"
 
-ansi-styles@^3.1.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
+ansi-styles@^3.2.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
   version "3.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz#41fbb20243e50b12be0f04b8dedbf07520ce841d"
   dependencies:
@@ -2390,14 +2390,6 @@ chai@3.5.0, "chai@>=1.9.2 <4.0.0":
     deep-eql "^0.1.3"
     type-detect "^1.0.0"
 
-chalk@2.3.0:
-  version "2.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.3.0.tgz#b5ea48efc9c1793dccc9b4767c93914d3f2d52ba"
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "^3.1.0"
-    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
-    supports-color "^4.0.0"
-
 chalk@^1.0.0, chalk@^1.1.1, chalk@^1.1.3, chalk@~1.1.1:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-1.1.3.tgz#a8115c55e4a702fe4d150abd3872822a7e09fc98"
@@ -12410,7 +12402,7 @@ supports-color@^3.1.0, supports-color@^3.1.2, supports-color@^3.2.3:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^1.0.0"
 
-supports-color@^4.0.0, supports-color@^4.2.1:
+supports-color@^4.2.1:
   version "4.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz#be7a0de484dec5c5cddf8b3d59125044912f635b"
   dependencies: