diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7f7ec677d..f1a454975c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",
     "karma-source-map-support": "1.4.0",
     "less": "4.1.1",
-    "less-loader": "7.3.0",
+    "less-loader": "8.1.0",
     "license-checker": "^25.0.0",
     "loader-utils": "2.0.0",
     "magic-string": "0.25.7",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
index 188226ec88..d667a91fdc 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "jest-worker": "26.6.2",
     "karma-source-map-support": "1.4.0",
     "less": "4.1.1",
-    "less-loader": "7.3.0",
+    "less-loader": "8.1.0",
     "license-webpack-plugin": "2.3.16",
     "loader-utils": "2.0.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "1.4.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0ebca5ae21..4bf9b4571b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7142,14 +7142,12 @@ lcid@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     invert-kv "^2.0.0"
 
-less-loader@7.3.0:
-  version "7.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/less-loader/-/less-loader-7.3.0.tgz#f9d6d36d18739d642067a05fb5bd70c8c61317e5"
-  integrity sha512-Mi8915g7NMaLlgi77mgTTQvK022xKRQBIVDSyfl3ErTuBhmZBQab0mjeJjNNqGbdR+qrfTleKXqbGI4uEFavxg==
+less-loader@8.1.0:
+  version "8.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/less-loader/-/less-loader-8.1.0.tgz#8276adc16bf6576dd80b71563685a2cfe93b0a50"
+  integrity sha512-IE73O5LY5WHA71EDwszM2PIEGDF30xz45GplpRhYuxMXhAvXoMudu/ItjllNR/ht7XLh5N7JegzRg11HYu+xxg==
   dependencies:
     klona "^2.0.4"
-    loader-utils "^2.0.0"
-    schema-utils "^3.0.0"
 
 less@4.1.1, less@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.1"