diff --git a/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json b/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
index 680794ef..fa275716 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		"@clack/prompts": "^0.7.0",
 		"picocolors": "^1.0.0",
 		"arg": "^5.0.2",
-		"execa": "^7.0.0",
+		"execa": "^8.0.1",
 		"fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
 		"read-pkg": "^5.2.0"
 	},
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 270fcc40..cace2c95 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^5.0.2
         version: 5.0.2
       execa:
-        specifier: ^7.0.0
-        version: 7.2.0
+        specifier: ^8.0.1
+        version: 8.0.1
       fs-extra:
         specifier: ^11.1.0
         version: 11.2.0
@@ -3662,21 +3662,6 @@ packages:
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     dev: false
 
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-    engines: {node: ^14.18.0 || ^16.14.0 || >=18.0.0}
-    dependencies:
-      cross-spawn: 7.0.3
-      get-stream: 6.0.1
-      human-signals: 4.3.1
-      is-stream: 3.0.0
-      merge-stream: 2.0.0
-      npm-run-path: 5.2.0
-      onetime: 6.0.0
-      signal-exit: 3.0.7
-      strip-final-newline: 3.0.0
-    dev: false
-
   /execa@8.0.1:
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     engines: {node: '>=16.17'}
@@ -3921,11 +3906,6 @@ packages:
       hasown: 2.0.0
     dev: true
 
-  /get-stream@6.0.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ts6Wi+2j3jQjqi70w5AlN8DFnkSwC+MqmxEzdEALB2qXZYV3X/b1CTfgPLGJNMeAWxdPfU8FO1ms3NUfaHCPYg==}
-    engines: {node: '>=10'}
-    dev: false
-
   /get-stream@8.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VaUJspBffn/LMCJVoMvSAdmscJyS1auj5Zulnn5UoYcY531UWmdwhRWkcGKnGU93m5HSXP9LP2usOryrBtQowA==}
     engines: {node: '>=16'}
@@ -4355,11 +4335,6 @@ packages:
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     dev: true
 
-  /human-signals@4.3.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-nZXjEF2nbo7lIw3mgYjItAfgQXog3OjJogSbKa2CQIIvSGWcKgeJnQlNXip6NglNzYH45nSRiEVimMvYL8DDqQ==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14.18.0'}
-    dev: false
-
   /human-signals@5.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-AXcZb6vzzrFAUE61HnN4mpLqd/cSIwNQjtNWR0euPm6y0iqx3G4gOXaIDdtdDwZmhwe82LA6+zinmW4UBWVePQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=16.17.0'}