diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1321062fd2..dd67132274 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     "@types/react": "17.0.3",
     "@types/react-dom": "17.0.3",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "5.1.7",
+    "@types/tmp": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/webpack": "^4.4.24",
     "@types/webpack-dev-server": "^3.11.1",
     "@types/yargs": "^15.0.5",
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@
     "terser": "4.3.8",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "2.3.7",
     "tippy.js": "5.2.1",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "tree-kill": "1.2.2",
     "ts-jest": "26.4.0",
     "ts-loader": "5.4.5",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index aeef022d88..b64a5fc3fc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://nx.dev",
   "dependencies": {
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
     "yargs": "15.4.1",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0",
     "@nrwl/tao": "*",
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-plugin/package.json b/packages/create-nx-plugin/package.json
index 001ed7f724..6c5bbeb65d 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-nx-plugin/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://nx.dev",
   "dependencies": {
     "@nrwl/workspace": "*",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "yargs": "15.4.1",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0",
     "enquirer": "~2.3.6",
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json b/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
index aea6b6de0b..b705f19bb4 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://nx.dev",
   "dependencies": {
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0",
     "enquirer": "~2.3.6",
     "flat": "^5.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/linter/package.json b/packages/linter/package.json
index 72879ede8e..449ace986e 100644
--- a/packages/linter/package.json
+++ b/packages/linter/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@nrwl/devkit": "*",
     "glob": "7.1.4",
     "minimatch": "3.0.4",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/package.json b/packages/nx-plugin/package.json
index d5286396d8..bfdcf018ac 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     "@angular-devkit/schematics": "~11.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "rxjs": "^6.5.4",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
     "yargs": "15.4.1",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/tao/package.json b/packages/tao/package.json
index 63a9cd9d83..db7cc1db81 100644
--- a/packages/tao/package.json
+++ b/packages/tao/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "rxjs": "^6.5.4",
     "strip-json-comments": "2.0.1",
     "semver": "7.3.4",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/workspace/package.json b/packages/workspace/package.json
index 829ff4577e..b012a10bf3 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/package.json
+++ b/packages/workspace/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "rxjs": "^6.5.4",
     "semver": "7.3.4",
     "strip-json-comments": "2.0.1",
-    "tmp": "0.0.33",
+    "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "yargs": "15.4.1",
     "yargs-parser": "20.0.0",
     "chalk": "4.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eebd241b9b..9f2c60a61c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3993,6 +3993,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tapable/-/tapable-1.0.6.tgz#a9ca4b70a18b270ccb2bc0aaafefd1d486b7ea74"
   integrity sha512-W+bw9ds02rAQaMvaLYxAbJ6cvguW/iJXNT6lTssS1ps6QdrMKttqEAMEG/b5CR8TZl3/L7/lH0ZV5nNR1LXikA==
 
+"@types/tmp@^0.2.0":
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.0.tgz#e3f52b4d7397eaa9193592ef3fdd44dc0af4298c"
+  integrity sha512-flgpHJjntpBAdJD43ShRosQvNC0ME97DCfGvZEDlAThQmnerRXrLbX6YgzRBQCZTthET9eAWFAMaYP0m0Y4HzQ==
+
 "@types/uglify-js@*":
   version "3.13.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.13.0.tgz#1cad8df1fb0b143c5aba08de5712ea9d1ff71124"