diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1fe9d928b..5c40c3f09c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         "matrix-web-i18n": "^1.3.0",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.6",
-        "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
+        "mkdirp": "^2.0.0",
         "modernizr": "^3.12.0",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
         "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9686b167b6..43ea20481b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8587,6 +8587,11 @@ mkdirp@^0.5.1, mkdirp@^0.5.3, mkdirp@^0.5.5, mkdirp@^0.5.6, mkdirp@~0.5.1:
   dependencies:
     minimist "^1.2.6"
 
+mkdirp@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-2.1.3.tgz#b083ff37be046fd3d6552468c1f0ff44c1545d1f"
+  integrity sha512-sjAkg21peAG9HS+Dkx7hlG9Ztx7HLeKnvB3NQRcu/mltCVmvkF0pisbiTSfDVYTT86XEfZrTUosLdZLStquZUw==
+
 modernizr@^3.12.0:
   version "3.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/modernizr/-/modernizr-3.12.0.tgz#38b1aa96eea48d90fe433f2803a8246acd2fefa9"