diff --git a/samples/react-star-ratings/package-lock.json b/samples/react-star-ratings/package-lock.json
index 169d84a3a..1a4d09ab0 100644
--- a/samples/react-star-ratings/package-lock.json
+++ b/samples/react-star-ratings/package-lock.json
@@ -4372,29 +4372,15 @@
       }
     },
     "ajv": {
-      "version": "5.2.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-5.2.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-tjcjTT4mdetfefxlIkKoU6SMtJ8=",
+      "version": "6.12.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4K0cK3L1hsqk9xIb2z9vs/XU+PGJZ9PNpJRDS9YLzmNdX6jmVPfamLvTJr0aDAusnHyCHO6MjzlkAsgtqp9teA==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "co": "^4.6.0",
-        "fast-deep-equal": "^1.0.0",
-        "json-schema-traverse": "^0.3.0",
-        "json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.1"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "fast-deep-equal": {
-          "version": "1.1.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-1.1.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-wFNHeBfIa1HaqFPIHgWbcz0CNhQ=",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "json-schema-traverse": {
-          "version": "0.3.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-0.3.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-NJptRMU6Ud6JtAgFxdXlm0F9M0A=",
-          "dev": true
-        }
+        "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
+        "fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.0.0",
+        "json-schema-traverse": "^0.4.1",
+        "uri-js": "^4.2.2"
       }
     },
     "ajv-errors": {
@@ -13428,15 +13414,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-xbbCH5dCYU5T8LcEhhuh7HJ88HXuW3qsI3Y0zOZFKfZEHcpWiHU/Jxzk629Brsab/mMiHQti9wMP+845RPe3Vg==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "json-stable-stringify": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stable-stringify/-/json-stable-stringify-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-mnWdOcXy/1A/1TAGRu1EX4jE+a8=",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "jsonify": "~0.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify/-/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -13469,12 +13446,6 @@
         "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
       }
     },
-    "jsonify": {
-      "version": "0.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-LHS27kHZPKUbe1qu6PUDYx0lKnM=",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "jsonparse": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonparse/-/jsonparse-1.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/samples/react-star-ratings/package.json b/samples/react-star-ratings/package.json
index 5382f79dd..6308852d6 100644
--- a/samples/react-star-ratings/package.json
+++ b/samples/react-star-ratings/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@microsoft/sp-webpart-workbench": "1.12.1",
     "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.7": "0.2.3",
     "gulp": "~4.0.2",
-    "ajv": "~5.2.2",
+    "ajv": "~6.12.3",
     "@types/webpack-env": "1.13.1"
   }
 }