diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96cf8b6e3..839e6597a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     "capital-case": "^1.0.4",
     "cli-table3": "^0.6.0",
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
-    "commander": "^7.0.0",
+    "commander": "^8.0.0",
     "create-require": "^1.1.1",
     "duration": "^0.2.2",
     "durations": "^3.4.2",
diff --git a/src/cli/argv_parser.ts b/src/cli/argv_parser.ts
index b06ce32cb..87dbd2f1c 100644
--- a/src/cli/argv_parser.ts
+++ b/src/cli/argv_parser.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ const ArgvParser = {
     })
 
     program.parse(argv)
-    const options = program.opts() as IParsedArgvOptions
+    const options: IParsedArgvOptions = program.opts()
     ArgvParser.validateRetryOptions(options)
 
     return {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f56b7163f..fa94b661b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1205,11 +1205,16 @@ colors@^1.0.3, colors@^1.1.2, colors@^1.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/colors/-/colors-1.4.0.tgz#c50491479d4c1bdaed2c9ced32cf7c7dc2360f78"
   integrity sha512-a+UqTh4kgZg/SlGvfbzDHpgRu7AAQOmmqRHJnxhRZICKFUT91brVhNNt58CMWU9PsBbv3PDCZUHbVxuDiH2mtA==
 
-commander@7.2.0, commander@^7.0.0:
+commander@7.2.0:
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-7.2.0.tgz#a36cb57d0b501ce108e4d20559a150a391d97ab7"
   integrity sha512-QrWXB+ZQSVPmIWIhtEO9H+gwHaMGYiF5ChvoJ+K9ZGHG/sVsa6yiesAD1GC/x46sET00Xlwo1u49RVVVzvcSkw==
 
+commander@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-8.0.0.tgz#1da2139548caef59bd23e66d18908dfb54b02258"
+  integrity sha512-Xvf85aAtu6v22+E5hfVoLHqyul/jyxh91zvqk/ioJTQuJR7Z78n7H558vMPKanPSRgIEeZemT92I2g9Y8LPbSQ==
+
 commondir@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz#ddd800da0c66127393cca5950ea968a3aaf1253b"