diff --git a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
index 384027ec82a30..bc10a7adf4894 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-source-wordpress/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "dumper.js": "^1.3.1",
     "execall": "^2.0.0",
     "fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.1.0",
-    "file-type": "^15.0.1",
+    "file-type": "^16.5.4",
     "filesize": "^6.4.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "gatsby-core-utils": "^4.14.0-next.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e8dbf1240f0f7..a2341802939ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4414,11 +4414,6 @@
     "@testing-library/dom" "^9.0.0"
     "@types/react-dom" "^18.0.0"
 
-"@tokenizer/token@^0.1.0":
-  version "0.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tokenizer/token/-/token-0.1.1.tgz#f0d92c12f87079ddfd1b29f614758b9696bc29e3"
-  integrity sha512-XO6INPbZCxdprl+9qa/AAbFFOMzzwqYxpjPgLICrMD6C2FCw6qfJOPcBk6JqqPLSaZ/Qx87qn4rpPmPMwaAK6w==
-
 "@tokenizer/token@^0.3.0":
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tokenizer/token/-/token-0.3.0.tgz#fe98a93fe789247e998c75e74e9c7c63217aa276"
@@ -11626,16 +11621,6 @@ file-loader@^6.2.0:
     loader-utils "^2.0.0"
     schema-utils "^3.0.0"
 
-file-type@^15.0.1:
-  version "15.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-type/-/file-type-15.0.1.tgz#54175484953d48b970c095ba8737d4e0c3a9b407"
-  integrity sha512-0LieQlSA3bWUdErNrxzxfI4rhsvNAVPBO06R8pTc1hp9SE6nhqlVyvhcaXoMmtXkBTPnQenbMPLW9X76hH76oQ==
-  dependencies:
-    readable-web-to-node-stream "^2.0.0"
-    strtok3 "^6.0.3"
-    token-types "^2.0.0"
-    typedarray-to-buffer "^3.1.5"
-
 file-type@^16.5.4:
   version "16.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-type/-/file-type-16.5.4.tgz#474fb4f704bee427681f98dd390058a172a6c2fd"
@@ -13638,7 +13623,7 @@ identity-obj-proxy@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     harmony-reflect "^1.4.6"
 
-ieee754@^1.1.13, ieee754@^1.1.4, ieee754@^1.2.1:
+ieee754@^1.1.4, ieee754@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.1.tgz#8eb7a10a63fff25d15a57b001586d177d1b0d352"
   integrity sha512-dcyqhDvX1C46lXZcVqCpK+FtMRQVdIMN6/Df5js2zouUsqG7I6sFxitIC+7KYK29KdXOLHdu9zL4sFnoVQnqaA==
@@ -21032,11 +21017,6 @@ readable-stream@~2.1.0:
     string_decoder "~0.10.x"
     util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
 
-readable-web-to-node-stream@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-web-to-node-stream/-/readable-web-to-node-stream-2.0.0.tgz#751e632f466552ac0d5c440cc01470352f93c4b7"
-  integrity sha512-+oZJurc4hXpaaqsN68GoZGQAQIA3qr09Or4fqEsargABnbe5Aau8hFn6ISVleT3cpY/0n/8drn7huyyEvTbghA==
-
 readable-web-to-node-stream@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-web-to-node-stream/-/readable-web-to-node-stream-3.0.0.tgz#4ca5408e70471069119d691934141a52de413955"
@@ -23332,7 +23312,7 @@ strong-log-transformer@^2.0.0:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     through "^2.3.4"
 
-strtok3@^6.0.3, strtok3@^6.2.4:
+strtok3@^6.2.4:
   version "6.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strtok3/-/strtok3-6.2.4.tgz#302aea64c0fa25d12a0385069ba66253fdc38a81"
   integrity sha512-GO8IcFF9GmFDvqduIspUBwCzCbqzegyVKIsSymcMgiZKeCfrN9SowtUoi8+b59WZMAjIzVZic/Ft97+pynR3Iw==
@@ -24044,14 +24024,6 @@ toidentifier@1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.1.tgz#3be34321a88a820ed1bd80dfaa33e479fbb8dd35"
   integrity sha512-o5sSPKEkg/DIQNmH43V0/uerLrpzVedkUh8tGNvaeXpfpuwjKenlSox/2O/BTlZUtEe+JG7s5YhEz608PlAHRA==
 
-token-types@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/token-types/-/token-types-2.0.0.tgz#b23618af744818299c6fbf125e0fdad98bab7e85"
-  integrity sha512-WWvu8sGK8/ZmGusekZJJ5NM6rRVTTDO7/bahz4NGiSDb/XsmdYBn6a1N/bymUHuWYTWeuLUg98wUzvE4jPdCZw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@tokenizer/token" "^0.1.0"
-    ieee754 "^1.1.13"
-
 token-types@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/token-types/-/token-types-4.1.1.tgz#ef9e8c8e2e0ded9f1b3f8dbaa46a3228b113ba1a"