diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2b713188f76..5a84d65c9e4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -98247,12 +98247,12 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@playwright/test": "1.42.1",
-        "@types/cross-spawn": "^6.0.6",
+        "@types/cross-spawn": "6.0.6",
         "@types/glob": "7.1.1",
         "@types/prompts": "2.4.2",
         "@types/tar": "6.1.11",
         "@types/validate-npm-package-name": "4.0.2",
-        "commander": "2.20.0",
+        "commander": "9.2.0",
         "execa": "2.0.3",
         "fast-glob": "3.3.1",
         "glob": "7.1.6",
diff --git a/packages/create-audius-app/index.ts b/packages/create-audius-app/index.ts
index 6cff6850b4b..1a8731ffdbb 100644
--- a/packages/create-audius-app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-audius-app/index.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ async function run() {
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
-  const exampleOption = program.opts().example ?? program.example
+  const exampleOption = program.opts().example
   if (exampleOption === true) {
     console.error(
       'Please provide an example name, otherwise remove the example option.'
diff --git a/packages/create-audius-app/package.json b/packages/create-audius-app/package.json
index c73274472cd..61bf9b3605d 100644
--- a/packages/create-audius-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-audius-app/package.json
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@playwright/test": "1.42.1",
-    "@types/cross-spawn": "^6.0.6",
+    "@types/cross-spawn": "6.0.6",
     "@types/glob": "7.1.1",
     "@types/prompts": "2.4.2",
     "@types/tar": "6.1.11",
     "@types/validate-npm-package-name": "4.0.2",
-    "commander": "2.20.0",
+    "commander": "9.2.0",
     "execa": "2.0.3",
     "fast-glob": "3.3.1",
     "glob": "7.1.6",