diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55db3b4ab3d..6f8cd1e2be3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "globby": "^11.0.4",
     "json-schema-to-typescript": "^11.0.3",
-    "latest-version": "^5.1.0",
+    "latest-version": "^7.0.0",
     "listr": "^0.14.2",
     "listr-inquirer": "^0.1.0",
     "markdown-link-validator": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/release/tasks/get-packages.ts b/release/tasks/get-packages.ts
index ec6f8717e5a..23180c1ba2b 100644
--- a/release/tasks/get-packages.ts
+++ b/release/tasks/get-packages.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 import * as globby from 'globby';
-import latest from 'latest-version';
 
 import { Context, Reference } from '../@types/custom';
 import { debug } from '../lib/utils';
@@ -96,6 +95,8 @@ export const getPackages = (ignoredPackages: string[]) => {
          * them later via `ctx.packages`.
          * Get the latest published version if any.
          */
+        const { default: latest } = await import('latest-version');
+
         for (const [, pkg] of ctx.packages) {
             pkg.references = pkg.references.map((reference) => {
                 return pathToName.get(reference)!;