diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 504eb05fa..42e39c463 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "theorist": "^1.0.2",
     "typescript-simple": "1.0.0",
     "underscore-plus": "^1.6.6",
-    "yargs": "^3.7.2"
+    "yargs": ">=3.7.2 <4.0"
   },
   "packageDependencies": {
     "atom-dark-syntax": "0.26.0",