diff --git a/.changeset/dependabot-37b86d353a9484c8aae9c871b02772f06a1dbec5.md b/.changeset/dependabot-37b86d353a9484c8aae9c871b02772f06a1dbec5.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/.changeset/dependabot-create-amplify-37b86d353a9484c8aae9c871b02772f06a1dbec5.md b/.changeset/dependabot-create-amplify-37b86d353a9484c8aae9c871b02772f06a1dbec5.md
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+++ b/.changeset/dependabot-create-amplify-37b86d353a9484c8aae9c871b02772f06a1dbec5.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-amplify': patch
+---
+
+bump create amplify dependencies
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d267356bef..5098ec4f3e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/packages/create-amplify/src/default_packages.json b/packages/create-amplify/src/default_packages.json
index 82f639268d..8f47298e02 100644
--- a/packages/create-amplify/src/default_packages.json
+++ b/packages/create-amplify/src/default_packages.json
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