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Upgrade a dependency in the Sentry JavaScript SDK. Use when upgrading packages, bumping versions, or fixing security vulnerabilities via dependency updates.

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  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Dependency Upgrade

Only upgrade one package at a time.

Upgrade command

npx yarn-update-dependency@latest [package-name]

If the dependency is not defined in any package.json, run the upgrade from the root workspace (the yarn.lock lives there).

Avoid upgrading top-level dependencies (especially test dependencies) without asking the user first.

Ensure updated package.json files end with a newline.

OpenTelemetry constraint

STOP if upgrading any opentelemetry package would introduce forbidden versions:

  • 2.x.x (e.g., 2.0.0)
  • 0.2xx.x (e.g., 0.200.0, 0.201.0)

Verify before upgrading:

yarn info <package-name>@<version> dependencies

E2E test dependencies

Do not upgrade the major version of a dependency in dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/* if the test directory name pins a version (e.g., nestjs-8 must stay on NestJS 8).

Post-upgrade verification

yarn install
yarn build:dev
yarn dedupe-deps:fix
yarn fix
yarn circularDepCheck

Useful commands

yarn list --depth=0          # Check dependency tree
yarn why [package-name]      # Find why a package is installed
yarn info <pkg> dependencies # Inspect package dependencies
yarn info <pkg> versions     # Check available versions
yarn outdated                # Check outdated dependencies
yarn audit                   # Check for security vulnerabilities