diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 0dcde18db8..a916a7d893 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "launch-editor-middleware": "^2.6.0",
     "on-headers": "^1.0.2",
     "pify": "^5.0.0",
-    "serve-placeholder": "^1.2.4",
+    "serve-placeholder": "^2.0.1",
     "serve-static": "^1.15.0",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "ufo": "^1.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server.js b/packages/server/src/server.js
index 40ff8ab0f4..9ea08ecc9c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/server.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import consola from 'consola'
 import launchMiddleware from 'launch-editor-middleware'
 import serveStatic from 'serve-static'
-import servePlaceholder from 'serve-placeholder'
+import { servePlaceholder } from 'serve-placeholder'
 import connect from 'connect'
 import compression from 'compression'
 import { determineGlobals, isUrl, urlJoin } from '@nuxt/utils'
diff --git a/packages/server/test/server.test.js b/packages/server/test/server.test.js
index 86c672c7c5..59d0618d67 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/server.test.js
+++ b/packages/server/test/server.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import compression from 'compression'
 import connect from 'connect'
 import consola from 'consola'
 import serveStatic from 'serve-static'
-import servePlaceholder from 'serve-placeholder'
+import { servePlaceholder } from 'serve-placeholder'
 import launchMiddleware from 'launch-editor-middleware'
 import { determineGlobals, isUrl } from '@nuxt/utils'
 import { VueRenderer } from '@nuxt/vue-renderer'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c634990c96..89e7b51b36 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12847,12 +12847,12 @@ serialize-javascript@^6.0.0, serialize-javascript@^6.0.1:
   dependencies:
     randombytes "^2.1.0"
 
-serve-placeholder@^1.2.4:
-  version "1.2.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-placeholder/-/serve-placeholder-1.2.4.tgz#513eac9c435272c7fe9a86612c852ae9b1467fd4"
-  integrity sha512-jWD9cZXLcr4vHTTL5KEPIUBUYyOWN/z6v/tn0l6XxFhi9iqV3Fc5Y1aFeduUyz+cx8sALzGCUczkPfeOlrq9jg==
+serve-placeholder@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-placeholder/-/serve-placeholder-2.0.1.tgz#dfa741812f49dfea472a68c4f292dbc40d28389a"
+  integrity sha512-rUzLlXk4uPFnbEaIz3SW8VISTxMuONas88nYWjAWaM2W9VDbt9tyFOr3lq8RhVOFrT3XISoBw8vni5una8qMnQ==
   dependencies:
-    defu "^5.0.0"
+    defu "^6.0.0"
 
 serve-static@1.15.0, serve-static@^1.14.1, serve-static@^1.15.0:
   version "1.15.0"