diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/package.json b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
index 3602d89494d..a2625e4280c 100644
--- a/@commitlint/cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@commitlint/utils": "^9.0.1",
     "babel-preset-commitlint": "^9.0.1",
     "cross-env": "7.0.2",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/@commitlint/load/package.json b/@commitlint/load/package.json
index aadc1d509fb..dcceda072e4 100644
--- a/@commitlint/load/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/load/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "@commitlint/test": "^9.0.1",
     "@commitlint/utils": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/lodash": "4.14.149",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/execute-rule": "^9.0.1",
diff --git a/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json b/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
index cad264de1d5..1da597ea44a 100644
--- a/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/prompt-cli/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/prompt": "^9.0.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "71f0194f33943954a8dac1c458be47e5049717cd"
 }
diff --git a/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json b/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
index 197b7ad68bf..41b8e4469a4 100644
--- a/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
+++ b/@commitlint/travis-cli/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.9.6",
     "@commitlint/cli": "^9.0.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0"
+    "execa": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "gitHead": "71f0194f33943954a8dac1c458be47e5049717cd"
 }
diff --git a/@packages/test/package.json b/@packages/test/package.json
index 3fa48d0f448..e5cab233145 100644
--- a/@packages/test/package.json
+++ b/@packages/test/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.2.0",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "pkg-dir": "4.2.0",
     "resolve-pkg": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/@packages/utils/package.json b/@packages/utils/package.json
index 3952d3cfb3f..8fbfe166fef 100644
--- a/@packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/@packages/utils/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@commitlint/test": "^9.0.1",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
+    "execa": "^4.0.0",
     "is-builtin-module": "3.0.0",
     "meow": "4.0.1",
     "read-pkg": "5.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d4e2b19fc35..fe0ac1e5660 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4884,7 +4884,7 @@ execa@^1.0.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
-execa@^3.2.0, execa@^3.4.0:
+execa@^3.2.0:
   version "3.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-3.4.0.tgz#c08ed4550ef65d858fac269ffc8572446f37eb89"
   integrity sha512-r9vdGQk4bmCuK1yKQu1KTwcT2zwfWdbdaXfCtAh+5nU/4fSX+JAb7vZGvI5naJrQlvONrEB20jeruESI69530g==
@@ -4900,7 +4900,7 @@ execa@^3.2.0, execa@^3.4.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.2"
     strip-final-newline "^2.0.0"
 
-execa@^4.0.1:
+execa@^4.0.0, execa@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-4.0.2.tgz#ad87fb7b2d9d564f70d2b62d511bee41d5cbb240"
   integrity sha512-QI2zLa6CjGWdiQsmSkZoGtDx2N+cQIGb3yNolGTdjSQzydzLgYYf8LRuagp7S7fPimjcrzUDSUFd/MgzELMi4Q==