diff --git a/scripts/release/package.json b/scripts/release/package.json
index e1a1fbd8bd1..90429652cb2 100644
--- a/scripts/release/package.json
+++ b/scripts/release/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "cli-spinners": "^1.1.0",
     "command-line-args": "^4.0.7",
     "command-line-usage": "^4.0.1",
-    "diff": "^3.5.0",
+    "diff": "^8.0.3",
     "folder-hash": "^2.1.2",
     "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
     "log-update": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/scripts/release/yarn.lock b/scripts/release/yarn.lock
index e5bdb7e5972..e4dcb59cd4f 100644
--- a/scripts/release/yarn.lock
+++ b/scripts/release/yarn.lock
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ destroy@~1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/destroy/-/destroy-1.0.4.tgz#978857442c44749e4206613e37946205826abd80"
   integrity sha1-l4hXRCxEdJ5CBmE+N5RiBYJqvYA=
 
-diff@^3.5.0:
-  version "3.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff/-/diff-3.5.0.tgz#800c0dd1e0a8bfbc95835c202ad220fe317e5a12"
-  integrity sha512-A46qtFgd+g7pDZinpnwiRJtxbC1hpgf0uzP3iG89scHk0AUC7A1TGxf5OiiOUv/JMZR8GOt8hL900hV0bOy5xA==
+diff@^8.0.3:
+  version "8.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff/-/diff-8.0.3.tgz#c7da3d9e0e8c283bb548681f8d7174653720c2d5"
+  integrity sha512-qejHi7bcSD4hQAZE0tNAawRK1ZtafHDmMTMkrrIGgSLl7hTnQHmKCeB45xAcbfTqK2zowkM3j3bHt/4b/ARbYQ==
 
 ee-first@1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"