diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2655ba932..46253e878 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "codecov": "^3.0.0",
     "dependency-cruiser": "^9.0.0",
     "diff": "^5.0.0",
-    "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
+    "escape-string-regexp": "^5.0.0",
     "github-url-to-object": "^4.0.4",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
     "issue-parser": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/wotan/package.json b/packages/wotan/package.json
index 45617b387..df76a8a53 100644
--- a/packages/wotan/package.json
+++ b/packages/wotan/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@types/minimatch": "^3.0.1",
     "@types/resolve": "^1.14.0",
     "@types/semver": "^7.0.0",
-    "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
+    "escape-string-regexp": "^5.0.0",
     "memfs": "^3.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5feb2d4e0..e798c3a2a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1481,6 +1481,11 @@ escape-string-regexp@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-4.0.0.tgz#14ba83a5d373e3d311e5afca29cf5bfad965bf34"
   integrity sha512-TtpcNJ3XAzx3Gq8sWRzJaVajRs0uVxA2YAkdb1jm2YkPz4G6egUFAyA3n5vtEIZefPk5Wa4UXbKuS5fKkJWdgA==
 
+escape-string-regexp@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-5.0.0.tgz#4683126b500b61762f2dbebace1806e8be31b1c8"
+  integrity sha512-/veY75JbMK4j1yjvuUxuVsiS/hr/4iHs9FTT6cgTexxdE0Ly/glccBAkloH/DofkjRbZU3bnoj38mOmhkZ0lHw==
+
 esprima@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.1.tgz#13b04cdb3e6c5d19df91ab6987a8695619b0aa71"