diff --git a/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/package-lock.json b/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/package-lock.json
index 1f9d13ee3..099ce9f73 100644
--- a/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/package-lock.json
+++ b/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/package-lock.json
@@ -2327,11 +2327,6 @@
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-        "minimist": {
-          "version": "0.0.8",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true
-        },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.3.5",
           "bundled": true,
@@ -2349,14 +2344,6 @@
             "minipass": "^2.2.1"
           }
         },
-        "mkdirp": {
-          "version": "0.5.1",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "optional": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "minimist": "0.0.8"
-          }
-        },
         "ms": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
@@ -2479,13 +2466,6 @@
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             "minimist": "^1.2.0",
             "strip-json-comments": "~2.0.1"
-          },
-          "dependencies": {
-            "minimist": {
-              "version": "1.2.0",
-              "bundled": true,
-              "optional": true
-            }
           }
         },
         "readable-stream": {
@@ -3242,9 +3222,9 @@
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     "minimist": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ="
+      "version": "1.2.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2yyAR8qBkN3YuheJanUpWC5U3bb5osDywNB8RzDVlDwDHbocAJveqqj1u8+SVD7jkWT4yvsHCpWqqWqAxb0zCA=="
     },
     "mississippi": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
@@ -3283,18 +3263,11 @@
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-      "version": "0.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
+      "version": "0.5.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FP+p8RB8OWpF3YZBCrP5gtADmtXApB5AMLn+vdyA+PyxCjrCs00mjyUozssO33cwDeT3wNGdLxJ5M//YqtHAJw==",
       "requires": {
-        "minimist": "0.0.8"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "minimist": {
-          "version": "0.0.8",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0="
-        }
+        "minimist": "^1.2.6"
       }
     },
     "move-concurrently": {
diff --git a/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/yarn.lock b/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/yarn.lock
index 4d4db399f..d1a00d045 100644
--- a/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/yarn.lock
+++ b/study_guides/react_redux/pokedex_debugger/yarn.lock
@@ -2267,13 +2267,9 @@ minimatch@^3.0.4:
   dependencies:
     brace-expansion "^1.1.7"
 
-minimist@0.0.8:
-  version "0.0.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz#857fcabfc3397d2625b8228262e86aa7a011b05d"
-
-minimist@^1.2.0:
-  version "1.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz#a35008b20f41383eec1fb914f4cd5df79a264284"
+minimist@^1.2.0, minimist@^1.2.6:
+  version "1.2.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.8.tgz#c1a464e7693302e082a075cee0c057741ac4772c"
 
 minipass@^2.6.0, minipass@^2.8.6, minipass@^2.9.0:
   version "2.9.0"
@@ -2311,10 +2307,10 @@ mixin-deep@^1.2.0:
     is-extendable "^1.0.1"
 
 mkdirp@^0.5.0, mkdirp@^0.5.1:
-  version "0.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz#30057438eac6cf7f8c4767f38648d6697d75c903"
+  version "0.5.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.6.tgz#7def03d2432dcae4ba1d611445c48396062255f6"
   dependencies:
-    minimist "0.0.8"
+    minimist "^1.2.6"
 
 move-concurrently@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"