diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-netlify-cms/package.json b/packages/gatsby-plugin-netlify-cms/package.json
index b2b05c77871a9..ecd054cf1ec69 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-netlify-cms/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-netlify-cms/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^5.1.2",
     "html-webpack-exclude-assets-plugin": "^0.0.7",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.0",
     "html-webpack-tags-plugin": "^2.0.17",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.11.2",