diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a9eb9eed..6eea1847 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5675,9 +5675,9 @@ gtoken@^6.1.0:
     jws "^4.0.0"
 
 hardhat@^2.12.0:
-  version "2.14.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hardhat/-/hardhat-2.14.0.tgz#b60c74861494aeb1b50803cf04cc47865a42b87a"
-  integrity sha512-73jsInY4zZahMSVFurSK+5TNCJTXMv+vemvGia0Ac34Mm19fYp6vEPVGF3sucbumszsYxiTT2TbS8Ii2dsDSoQ==
+  version "2.16.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hardhat/-/hardhat-2.16.1.tgz#fd2288ce44f6846a70ba332b3d8158522447262a"
+  integrity sha512-QpBjGXFhhSYoYBGEHyoau/A63crZOP+i3GbNxzLGkL6IklzT+piN14+wGnINNCg5BLSKisQI/RAySPzaWRcx/g==
   dependencies:
     "@ethersproject/abi" "^5.1.2"
     "@metamask/eth-sig-util" "^4.0.0"
@@ -5718,7 +5718,6 @@ hardhat@^2.12.0:
     mnemonist "^0.38.0"
     mocha "^10.0.0"
     p-map "^4.0.0"
-    qs "^6.7.0"
     raw-body "^2.4.1"
     resolve "1.17.0"
     semver "^6.3.0"
@@ -8136,7 +8135,7 @@ qs@6.11.0:
   dependencies:
     side-channel "^1.0.4"
 
-qs@^6.10.3, qs@^6.11.0, qs@^6.7.0:
+qs@^6.10.3, qs@^6.11.0:
   version "6.11.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.11.1.tgz#6c29dff97f0c0060765911ba65cbc9764186109f"
   integrity sha512-0wsrzgTz/kAVIeuxSjnpGC56rzYtr6JT/2BwEvMaPhFIoYa1aGO8LbzuU1R0uUYQkLpWBTOj0l/CLAJB64J6nQ==