diff --git a/packages/contracts/package.json b/packages/contracts/package.json
index af59bc71f..20dee9171 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/package.json
+++ b/packages/contracts/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "eth-mutants": "^0.1.1",
     "ethereumjs-util": "^7.0.9",
     "ethers": "^5.0.32",
-    "solc": "^0.6.11",
+    "solc": "^0.8.10",
     "xmlhttprequest": "^1.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5736ad9f4..2461309bf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6964,6 +6964,11 @@ commander@^4.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-4.1.1.tgz#9fd602bd936294e9e9ef46a3f4d6964044b18068"
   integrity sha512-NOKm8xhkzAjzFx8B2v5OAHT+u5pRQc2UCa2Vq9jYL/31o2wi9mxBA7LIFs3sV5VSC49z6pEhfbMULvShKj26WA==
 
+commander@^8.1.0:
+  version "8.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-8.3.0.tgz#4837ea1b2da67b9c616a67afbb0fafee567bca66"
+  integrity sha512-OkTL9umf+He2DZkUq8f8J9of7yL6RJKI24dVITBmNfZBmri9zYZQrKkuXiKhyfPSu8tUhnVBB1iKXevvnlR4Ww==
+
 common-tags@^1.5.1, common-tags@^1.8.0:
   version "1.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/common-tags/-/common-tags-1.8.0.tgz#8e3153e542d4a39e9b10554434afaaf98956a937"
@@ -18845,13 +18850,14 @@ solc@0.7.3:
     semver "^5.5.0"
     tmp "0.0.33"
 
-solc@^0.6.11:
-  version "0.6.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/solc/-/solc-0.6.12.tgz#48ac854e0c729361b22a7483645077f58cba080e"
-  integrity sha512-Lm0Ql2G9Qc7yPP2Ba+WNmzw2jwsrd3u4PobHYlSOxaut3TtUbj9+5ZrT6f4DUpNPEoBaFUOEg9Op9C0mk7ge9g==
+solc@^0.8.10:
+  version "0.8.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/solc/-/solc-0.8.10.tgz#3f761794677a36cdd8054f4ec57d84bab8455358"
+  integrity sha512-I/Mcn6J5bEtJqveNLplQm9IRrhemm6v+qkw5S2+wM4x9HItJ1sYdrqVTN3j4DMhFDM3ZbvM0QywVzpPx666PHw==
   dependencies:
     command-exists "^1.2.8"
-    commander "3.0.2"
+    commander "^8.1.0"
+    follow-redirects "^1.12.1"
     fs-extra "^0.30.0"
     js-sha3 "0.8.0"
     memorystream "^0.3.1"