diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index a515cfe50e..4b3fbd67f4 100644
--- a/ghost/core/package.json
+++ b/ghost/core/package.json
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     "bthreads": "0.5.1",
     "chalk": "4.1.2",
     "cheerio": "0.22.0",
-    "common-tags": "^1.8.2",
+    "common-tags": "1.8.2",
     "compression": "1.7.4",
     "connect-slashes": "1.4.0",
     "cookie-session": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 839e34ee9d..0a8108684a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3499,7 +3499,7 @@ commander@^9.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-9.3.0.tgz#f619114a5a2d2054e0d9ff1b31d5ccf89255e26b"
   integrity sha512-hv95iU5uXPbK83mjrJKuZyFM/LBAoCV/XhVGkS5Je6tl7sxr6A0ITMw5WoRV46/UaJ46Nllm3Xt7IaJhXTIkzw==
 
-common-tags@1.8.2, common-tags@^1.8.2:
+common-tags@1.8.2:
   version "1.8.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/common-tags/-/common-tags-1.8.2.tgz#94ebb3c076d26032745fd54face7f688ef5ac9c6"
   integrity sha512-gk/Z852D2Wtb//0I+kRFNKKE9dIIVirjoqPoA1wJU+XePVXZfGeBpk45+A1rKO4Q43prqWBNY/MiIeRLbPWUaA==