diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29b3877e..9dcd78d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "material-design-icons-iconfont": "^6.1.0",
         "material-ui": "^0.20.0",
         "react-router": "^3.2.1",
-        "rxjs": "^5.5.7"
+        "rxjs": "^7.8.0"
     },
     "keywords": [
         "DHIS2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b229ea26..d415d417 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10921,13 +10921,6 @@ run-parallel@^1.1.9:
   dependencies:
     queue-microtask "^1.2.2"
 
-rxjs@^5.5.7:
-  version "5.5.12"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-5.5.12.tgz#6fa61b8a77c3d793dbaf270bee2f43f652d741cc"
-  integrity sha512-xx2itnL5sBbqeeiVgNPVuQQ1nC8Jp2WfNJhXWHmElW9YmrpS9UVnNzhP3EH3HFqexO5Tlp8GhYY+WEcqcVMvGw==
-  dependencies:
-    symbol-observable "1.0.1"
-
 rxjs@^6.6.0:
   version "6.6.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-6.6.7.tgz#90ac018acabf491bf65044235d5863c4dab804c9"
@@ -10935,6 +10928,13 @@ rxjs@^6.6.0:
   dependencies:
     tslib "^1.9.0"
 
+rxjs@^7.8.0:
+  version "7.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rxjs/-/rxjs-7.8.0.tgz#90a938862a82888ff4c7359811a595e14e1e09a4"
+  integrity sha512-F2+gxDshqmIub1KdvZkaEfGDwLNpPvk9Fs6LD/MyQxNgMds/WH9OdDDXOmxUZpME+iSK3rQCctkL0DYyytUqMg==
+  dependencies:
+    tslib "^2.1.0"
+
 safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz#991ec69d296e0313747d59bdfd2b745c35f8828d"
@@ -11720,11 +11720,6 @@ svgo@^2.7.0:
     picocolors "^1.0.0"
     stable "^0.1.8"
 
-symbol-observable@1.0.1:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/symbol-observable/-/symbol-observable-1.0.1.tgz#8340fc4702c3122df5d22288f88283f513d3fdd4"
-  integrity sha512-Kb3PrPYz4HanVF1LVGuAdW6LoVgIwjUYJGzFe7NDrBLCN4lsV/5J0MFurV+ygS4bRVwrCEt2c7MQ1R2a72oJDw==
-
 symbol-observable@^1.0.4:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/symbol-observable/-/symbol-observable-1.2.0.tgz#c22688aed4eab3cdc2dfeacbb561660560a00804"
@@ -12039,7 +12034,7 @@ tslib@^1.8.1, tslib@^1.9.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-1.14.1.tgz#cf2d38bdc34a134bcaf1091c41f6619e2f672d00"
   integrity sha512-Xni35NKzjgMrwevysHTCArtLDpPvye8zV/0E4EyYn43P7/7qvQwPh9BGkHewbMulVntbigmcT7rdX3BNo9wRJg==
 
-tslib@^2.0.3, tslib@^2.3.1:
+tslib@^2.0.3, tslib@^2.1.0, tslib@^2.3.1:
   version "2.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.5.0.tgz#42bfed86f5787aeb41d031866c8f402429e0fddf"
   integrity sha512-336iVw3rtn2BUK7ORdIAHTyxHGRIHVReokCR3XjbckJMK7ms8FysBfhLR8IXnAgy7T0PTPNBWKiH514FOW/WSg==