diff --git a/lib/core/package.json b/lib/core/package.json
index 9e4d0db39f2f..cb8dfa89af9a 100644
--- a/lib/core/package.json
+++ b/lib/core/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.14.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.10",
     "dotenv": "^5.0.1",
-    "events": "^1.1.1",
+    "events": "^2.0.0",
     "express": "^4.16.2",
     "file-loader": "^1.1.10",
     "global": "^4.3.2",
diff --git a/lib/ui/package.json b/lib/ui/package.json
index 03f24766c8ce..72e50a5748b2 100644
--- a/lib/ui/package.json
+++ b/lib/ui/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@storybook/react-komposer": "^2.0.3",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
-    "events": "^1.1.1",
+    "events": "^2.0.0",
     "fuse.js": "^3.2.0",
     "global": "^4.3.2",
     "keycode": "^2.1.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d1771a5cdc33..d5a57d2c16e8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5515,10 +5515,14 @@ eventemitter3@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-3.0.1.tgz#4ce66c3fc5b5a6b9f2245e359e1938f1ab10f960"
 
-events@^1.0.0, events@^1.1.1, events@~1.1.0:
+events@^1.0.0, events@~1.1.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/events/-/events-1.1.1.tgz#9ebdb7635ad099c70dcc4c2a1f5004288e8bd924"
 
+events@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/events/-/events-2.0.0.tgz#cbbb56bf3ab1ac18d71c43bb32c86255062769f2"
+
 eventsource@0.1.6:
   version "0.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventsource/-/eventsource-0.1.6.tgz#0acede849ed7dd1ccc32c811bb11b944d4f29232"