diff --git a/packages/gatsby-module-loader/package.json b/packages/gatsby-module-loader/package.json
index d64b2b486dca3..0f2e0e9990437 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-module-loader/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-module-loader/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
-    "loader-utils": "^0.2.16"
+    "loader-utils": "^1.4.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d5ef9bb00aa65..608bd34be91ac 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1532,6 +1532,10 @@ big.js@^3.1.3:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/big.js/-/big.js-3.2.0.tgz#a5fc298b81b9e0dca2e458824784b65c52ba588e"
 
+big.js@^5.2.2:
+  version "5.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/big.js/-/big.js-5.2.2.tgz#65f0af382f578bcdc742bd9c281e9cb2d7768328"
+
 bin-build@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bin-build/-/bin-build-2.2.0.tgz#11f8dd61f70ffcfa2bdcaa5b46f5e8fedd4221cc"
@@ -3729,6 +3733,10 @@ emojis-list@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojis-list/-/emojis-list-2.1.0.tgz#4daa4d9db00f9819880c79fa457ae5b09a1fd389"
 
+emojis-list@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojis-list/-/emojis-list-3.0.0.tgz#5570662046ad29e2e916e71aae260abdff4f6a78"
+
 encodeurl@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.1.tgz#79e3d58655346909fe6f0f45a5de68103b294d20"
@@ -6669,6 +6677,12 @@ json5@^0.5.0, json5@^0.5.1:
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-0.5.1.tgz#1eade7acc012034ad84e2396767ead9fa5495821"
 
+json5@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-1.0.1.tgz#779fb0018604fa854eacbf6252180d83543e3dbe"
+  dependencies:
+    minimist "^1.2.0"
+
 jsonfile@^2.1.0:
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-2.4.0.tgz#3736a2b428b87bbda0cc83b53fa3d633a35c2ae8"
@@ -7069,13 +7083,13 @@ loader-utils@^0.2.11, loader-utils@^0.2.15, loader-utils@^0.2.16, loader-utils@^
     json5 "^0.5.0"
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
 
-loader-utils@^1.0.2:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-1.1.0.tgz#c98aef488bcceda2ffb5e2de646d6a754429f5cd"
+loader-utils@^1.0.2, loader-utils@^1.4.1:
+  version "1.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-1.4.1.tgz#278ad7006660bccc4d2c0c1578e17c5c78d5c0e0"
   dependencies:
-    big.js "^3.1.3"
-    emojis-list "^2.0.0"
-    json5 "^0.5.0"
+    big.js "^5.2.2"
+    emojis-list "^3.0.0"
+    json5 "^1.0.1"
 
 locate-path@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"