diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dac60af77a..0d7be7e735 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         "matrix-web-i18n": "^1.4.0",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.6",
-        "mkdirp": "^2.0.0",
+        "mkdirp": "^3.0.0",
         "modernizr": "^3.12.0",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
         "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/build-jitsi.js b/scripts/build-jitsi.js
index f7ea841b01..335d5dbf72 100644
--- a/scripts/build-jitsi.js
+++ b/scripts/build-jitsi.js
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
-const mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
+const { mkdirpSync } = require("mkdirp");
 const fetch = require("node-fetch");
 const ProxyAgent = require("simple-proxy-agent");
 
 console.log("Making webapp directory");
-mkdirp.sync("webapp");
+mkdirpSync("webapp");
 
 // curl -s https://meet.element.io/libs/external_api.min.js > ./webapp/jitsi_external_api.min.js
 console.log("Downloading Jitsi script");
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a2665d3130..93e1ae33af 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8569,10 +8569,10 @@ 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 "2.1.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-2.1.6.tgz#964fbcb12b2d8c5d6fbc62a963ac95a273e2cc19"
-  integrity sha512-+hEnITedc8LAtIP9u3HJDFIdcLV2vXP33sqLLIzkv1Db1zO/1OxbvYf0Y1OC/S/Qo5dxHXepofhmxL02PsKe+A==
+mkdirp@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-3.0.0.tgz#758101231418bda24435c0888a91d9bd91f1372d"
+  integrity sha512-7+JDnNsyCvZXoUJdkMR0oUE2AmAdsNXGTmRbiOjYIwQ6q+bL6NwrozGQdPcmYaNcrhH37F50HHBUzoaBV6FITQ==
 
 modernizr@^3.12.0:
   version "3.12.0"