diff --git a/.husky/.gitignore b/.husky/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 31354ec13899..000000000000
--- a/.husky/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-_
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23f323906729..8bc6babe6fe0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "folder-hash": "^2.1.1",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "got": "^6.3.0",
-    "husky": "^6.0.0",
+    "husky": "^8.0.1",
     "klaw": "^3.0.0",
     "lint": "^1.1.2",
     "lint-staged": "^10.2.11",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 226aae6f5b92..2cf78d42fb16 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3598,10 +3598,10 @@ human-signals@^1.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-1.1.1.tgz#c5b1cd14f50aeae09ab6c59fe63ba3395fe4dfa3"
   integrity sha512-SEQu7vl8KjNL2eoGBLF3+wAjpsNfA9XMlXAYj/3EdaNfAlxKthD1xjEQfGOUhllCGGJVNY34bRr6lPINhNjyZw==
 
-husky@^6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-6.0.0.tgz#810f11869adf51604c32ea577edbc377d7f9319e"
-  integrity sha512-SQS2gDTB7tBN486QSoKPKQItZw97BMOd+Kdb6ghfpBc0yXyzrddI0oDV5MkDAbuB4X2mO3/nj60TRMcYxwzZeQ==
+husky@^8.0.1:
+  version "8.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-8.0.1.tgz#511cb3e57de3e3190514ae49ed50f6bc3f50b3e9"
+  integrity sha512-xs7/chUH/CKdOCs7Zy0Aev9e/dKOMZf3K1Az1nar3tzlv0jfqnYtu235bstsWTmXOR0EfINrPa97yy4Lz6RiKw==
 
 iconv-lite@0.4.24, iconv-lite@^0.4.24, iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
   version "0.4.24"