diff --git a/packages/app-shell/package.json b/packages/app-shell/package.json
index 607a045e5000b24c7e5d1cd75b7d1951a15340df..a5d10bf8a8f515415bf360b6684c0323f9ca2827 100644
--- a/packages/app-shell/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-shell/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "@dbp-toolkit/notification": "^0.2.2",
     "@dbp-toolkit/person-profile": "^0.2.2",
     "@open-wc/scoped-elements": "^1.3.2",
-    "i18next": "^19.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "lit-element": "^2.4.0",
     "lit-html": "^1.3.0",
     "universal-router": "^9.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 044bba4db7cf93460334f6ef9797c9b6c6cc2632..f5ef3ac807fc199cbaaac745b2859020d7dabb6d 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@open-wc/scoped-elements": "^1.3.2",
     "@sentry/browser": "^6.0.0",
-    "i18next": "^19.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "lit-element": "^2.4.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/data-table-view/package.json b/packages/data-table-view/package.json
index b8c47d687d4709f40c004e798677cf3a3e128554..8859e2e0046f4843ebc69223f947e227940015f8 100644
--- a/packages/data-table-view/package.json
+++ b/packages/data-table-view/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "datatables.net-dt": "^1.10.20",
     "datatables.net-responsive": "^2.2.3",
     "datatables.net-responsive-dt": "^2.2.3",
-    "i18next": "^19.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "jquery": "^3.4.1",
     "jszip": "^3.2.2",
     "lit-element": "^2.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/file-handling/package.json b/packages/file-handling/package.json
index 5639e1842ba2502c4e3ab4b95bb3803cd0a712bf..c214210431751fc60d6740cc4057c865de3fddc7 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/package.json
+++ b/packages/file-handling/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@dbp-toolkit/common": "^0.2.2",
     "@open-wc/scoped-elements": "^1.3.2",
     "file-saver": "^2.0.2",
-    "i18next": "^19.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "jszip": "^3.5.0",
     "lit-element": "^2.1.0",
     "lit-html": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/package.json b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/package.json
index 508d51777318d14858a106e67fba8aef31f32a34..57dc0bd5af6c4df1ed202f318b829a29cef41cfc 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/package.json
+++ b/packages/knowledge-base-web-page-element-view/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@dbp-toolkit/auth": "^0.2.2",
     "@dbp-toolkit/common": "^0.2.2",
     "@open-wc/scoped-elements": "^1.3.2",
-    "i18next": "^19.8.4",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "lit-element": "^2.4.0",
     "lit-html": "^1.3.0",
     "material-design-icons-svg": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/toolkit-showcase/package.json b/toolkit-showcase/package.json
index e68168b6e9a067c0063a4bf8f32f5197ef37a34b..ca4cc182543c985402fd71082c9217a6849696af 100644
--- a/toolkit-showcase/package.json
+++ b/toolkit-showcase/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "fabric": "^4.2.0",
     "file-saver": "^2.0.2",
     "highlight.js": "^10.1.2",
-    "i18next": "^19.5.1",
+    "i18next": "^20.0.0",
     "jszip": "^3.5.0",
     "lit-element": "^2.4.0",
     "lit-html": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/toolkit-showcase/yarn.lock b/toolkit-showcase/yarn.lock
index 5e78129e0235b5b18f111e2778b19f69ce0ecfbe..71e5e6d652a9c3ec9421124472a94854e1a07a05 100644
--- a/toolkit-showcase/yarn.lock
+++ b/toolkit-showcase/yarn.lock
@@ -3305,17 +3305,10 @@ i18next@*:
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"
 
-i18next@^19.5.1:
-  version "19.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-19.9.1.tgz#7a072b75daf677aa51fd4ce55214f21702af3ffd"
-  integrity sha512-9Azzyb3DvMJUMd7sPhwVEs6PQcogvdHmLQTjMQ+P+h3XwW4O66/8lgZTmYShgkjPOCqTw4Fwl5LOp/VhZgPo5A==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"
-
-i18next@^19.8.4:
-  version "19.8.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-19.8.4.tgz#447718f2a26319b8debdbcc6fbc1a9761be7316b"
-  integrity sha512-FfVPNWv+felJObeZ6DSXZkj9QM1Ivvh7NcFCgA8XPtJWHz0iXVa9BUy+QY8EPrCLE+vWgDfV/sc96BgXVo6HAA==
+i18next@^20.0.0:
+  version "20.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-20.2.1.tgz#8aedfdc596f7d54b9d3f6d87bcb89214467cb785"
+  integrity sha512-JLruWDEQ3T6tKT6P7u+DsNtToMHUwUcQIYOMRcnNBdUhSfKkoIDUKdVDKgGtmqr//LrirxjADUdr3d5Gwbow6g==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e6895576de5569482a6a59f881de98516dc696d0..b665697e94d5d1f9cfe1ff47a51e2008a2696714 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3697,13 +3697,20 @@ i18next-scanner@^3.0.0:
     vinyl "^2.2.0"
     vinyl-fs "^3.0.1"
 
-i18next@*, i18next@^19.8.4:
+i18next@*:
   version "19.8.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-19.8.4.tgz#447718f2a26319b8debdbcc6fbc1a9761be7316b"
   integrity sha512-FfVPNWv+felJObeZ6DSXZkj9QM1Ivvh7NcFCgA8XPtJWHz0iXVa9BUy+QY8EPrCLE+vWgDfV/sc96BgXVo6HAA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"
 
+i18next@^20.0.0:
+  version "20.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-20.2.1.tgz#8aedfdc596f7d54b9d3f6d87bcb89214467cb785"
+  integrity sha512-JLruWDEQ3T6tKT6P7u+DsNtToMHUwUcQIYOMRcnNBdUhSfKkoIDUKdVDKgGtmqr//LrirxjADUdr3d5Gwbow6g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.24, iconv-lite@^0.4.24:
   version "0.4.24"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz#2022b4b25fbddc21d2f524974a474aafe733908b"