diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95e35c9d33506a..42e3868337a989 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     "react": "16.8.1",
     "react-native-dummy": "0.2.0",
     "react-test-renderer": "16.8.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.7.8"
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
   },
   "detox": {
     "test-runner": "jest",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index be9e3493f0e084..8b49f6c6a18641 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5696,7 +5696,7 @@ p-finally@^1.0.0:
 
 p-is-promise@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "http://registry.npmjs.org/p-is-promise/-/p-is-promise-1.1.0.tgz#9c9456989e9f6588017b0434d56097675c3da05e"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-is-promise/-/p-is-promise-1.1.0.tgz#9c9456989e9f6588017b0434d56097675c3da05e"
   integrity sha1-nJRWmJ6fZYgBewQ01WCXZ1w9oF4=
 
 p-limit@^1.1.0:
@@ -6632,10 +6632,10 @@ shell-utils@^1.0.9:
   dependencies:
     lodash "4.x.x"
 
-shelljs@^0.7.8:
-  version "0.7.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shelljs/-/shelljs-0.7.8.tgz#decbcf874b0d1e5fb72e14b164a9683048e9acb3"
-  integrity sha1-3svPh0sNHl+3LhSxZKloMEjprLM=
+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"