diff --git a/packages/create/package.json b/packages/create/package.json
index 03461520..66baba6b 100644
--- a/packages/create/package.json
+++ b/packages/create/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
         "@dhis2/cli-helpers-engine": "^3.2.1",
         "@dhis2/cli-helpers-template": "^3.0.0",
-        "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
+        "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
         "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
         "inquirer": "^7.1.0"
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4ca993e4..86480212 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8120,6 +8120,15 @@ fs-extra@^10.0.0:
     jsonfile "^6.0.1"
     universalify "^2.0.0"
 
+fs-extra@^11.1.1:
+  version "11.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-11.1.1.tgz#da69f7c39f3b002378b0954bb6ae7efdc0876e2d"
+  integrity sha512-MGIE4HOvQCeUCzmlHs0vXpih4ysz4wg9qiSAu6cd42lVwPbTM1TjV7RusoyQqMmk/95gdQZX72u+YW+c3eEpFQ==
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.2.0"
+    jsonfile "^6.0.1"
+    universalify "^2.0.0"
+
 fs-extra@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-7.0.1.tgz#4f189c44aa123b895f722804f55ea23eadc348e9"