diff --git a/scripts/lib/install-node b/scripts/lib/install-node
index 5a49ea4422..88d657bae7 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/install-node
+++ b/scripts/lib/install-node
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS" ] ; then
 fi
 YARN_PACKAGE_JSON="$ZULIP_SRV/zulip-yarn/package.json"
 node_version=8.11.1
-yarn_version=1.15.2
+yarn_version=1.16.0
 
 # This is a fix for the fact that nvm uses $HOME to determine which
 # user account's home directory to ~/.config to.  Ideally, we'd have a