diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d125838e18d..8025e085044 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@compodoc/compodoc": "^1.1.10",
     "@types/execa": "^0.9.0",
-    "@types/minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "@types/mkdirp": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "@types/mv": "^2.1.0",
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/url-template": "^2.0.28",
+    "@types/yargs-parser": "^15.0.0",
     "c8": "^7.0.0",
     "codecov": "^3.4.0",
     "execa": "^4.0.0",
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
     "gts": "^2.0.0",
     "js-green-licenses": "^1.0.0",
     "linkinator": "^2.0.0",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.0",
     "mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "mv": "^2.1.1",
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "tmp": "^0.2.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.8.3"
+    "typescript": "^3.8.3",
+    "yargs-parser": "^18.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/generator/download.ts b/src/generator/download.ts
index 027db8e5b49..b0aa8797107 100644
--- a/src/generator/download.ts
+++ b/src/generator/download.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import * as minimist from 'minimist';
+import * as minimist from 'yargs-parser';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as util from 'util';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
diff --git a/src/generator/generate.ts b/src/generator/generate.ts
index 3584f1bb698..cf8187c78e2 100644
--- a/src/generator/generate.ts
+++ b/src/generator/generate.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import * as minimist from 'minimist';
+import * as minimist from 'yargs-parser';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import * as util from 'util';