diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c2c1ab1512..8bf76e6be8 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ node_repositories(
     node_version = "10.9.0",
     package_json = ["//:package.json"],
     preserve_symlinks = True,
-    yarn_version = "1.9.2",
+    yarn_version = "1.12.1",
 )
 
 yarn_install(
diff --git a/aio/package.json b/aio/package.json
index 885efc4ecf..e7d935e570 100644
--- a/aio/package.json
+++ b/aio/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.9.0 <11.0.0",
-    "yarn": ">=1.9.2 <2.0.0"
+    "yarn": ">=1.10.1 <1.13.0"
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json b/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
index 1aced60284..15a129fd37 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.9.0 <11.0.0",
-    "yarn": ">=1.9.2 <2.0.0"
+    "yarn": ">=1.10.1 <1.13.0"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
diff --git a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
index 117eb8801a..064360de2b 100644
--- a/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
+++ b/integration/bazel/WORKSPACE
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:defs.bzl", "check_bazel_version", "node_reposi
 check_bazel_version("0.17.0")
 node_repositories(
     node_version = "10.9.0",
-    yarn_version = "1.9.2",
+    yarn_version = "1.12.1",
 )
 
 yarn_install(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb75f773f1..0a5757b211 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.9.0 <11.0.0",
-    "yarn": ">=1.9.2 <2.0.0"
+    "yarn": ">=1.10.1 <1.13.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/bazel/package.bzl b/packages/bazel/package.bzl
index 2541113801..7e6136b07e 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/package.bzl
+++ b/packages/bazel/package.bzl
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def rules_angular_dependencies():
     _maybe(
         http_archive,
         name = "build_bazel_rules_nodejs",
-        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.15.3.zip",
-        strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.15.3",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/archive/0.16.2.zip",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_nodejs-0.16.2",
     )
 
     _maybe(
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env.sh b/scripts/ci/env.sh
index ecd31c4f5e..662cc97634 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/env.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/env.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 #######################
 
 setEnvVar NODE_VERSION 10.9.0
-setEnvVar YARN_VERSION 1.9.2
+setEnvVar YARN_VERSION 1.12.1
 setEnvVar CHROMIUM_VERSION 561733  # Chrome 68 linux stable, see https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar
 setEnvVar CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG "--versions.chrome 2.41"
 setEnvVar SAUCE_CONNECT_VERSION 4.4.9