diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3843ae0..24d5df2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.10",
     "require-dir": "github:hcnode/requireDir",
     "serialize-javascript": "^3.1.0",
-    "shelljs": "^0.7.8",
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
     "ts-node": "^3.0.4",
     "typescript": "^2.8.3",
     "winston": "^2.3.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f2f563e..031d99e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6780,9 +6780,10 @@ shell-quote@1.6.1:
     array-reduce "~0.0.0"
     jsonify "~0.0.0"
 
-shelljs@^0.7.8:
-  version "0.7.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.7.8.tgz#decbcf874b0d1e5fb72e14b164a9683048e9acb3"
+shelljs@^0.8.5:
+  version "0.8.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.8.5.tgz#de055408d8361bed66c669d2f000538ced8ee20c"
+  integrity sha512-TiwcRcrkhHvbrZbnRcFYMLl30Dfov3HKqzp5tO5b4pt6G/SezKcYhmDg15zXVBswHmctSAQKznqNW2LO5tTDow==
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.0.0"
     interpret "^1.0.0"