diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 792f8a8fd0..d51012a98e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     "selfsigned": "^2.1.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.8",
     "spdy": "^4.0.2",
-    "tar": "^6.1.11",
+    "tar": "^6.1.12",
     "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2",
     "tempy": "1.0.1",
     "typed-regex": "^0.0.8",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 309f9542da..d0c8edd564 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11866,10 +11866,10 @@ tar-stream@^2.1.4, tar-stream@^2.2.0:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     readable-stream "^3.1.1"
 
-tar@^6.0.2, tar@^6.1.0, tar@^6.1.11, tar@^6.1.2:
-  version "6.1.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-6.1.11.tgz#6760a38f003afa1b2ffd0ffe9e9abbd0eab3d621"
-  integrity sha512-an/KZQzQUkZCkuoAA64hM92X0Urb6VpRhAFllDzz44U2mcD5scmT3zBc4VgVpkugF580+DQn8eAFSyoQt0tznA==
+tar@^6.0.2, tar@^6.1.0, tar@^6.1.11, tar@^6.1.12, tar@^6.1.2:
+  version "6.1.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-6.1.12.tgz#3b742fb05669b55671fb769ab67a7791ea1a62e6"
+  integrity sha512-jU4TdemS31uABHd+Lt5WEYJuzn+TJTCBLljvIAHZOz6M9Os5pJ4dD+vRFLxPa/n3T0iEFzpi+0x1UfuDZYbRMw==
   dependencies:
     chownr "^2.0.0"
     fs-minipass "^2.0.0"