diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
index 3852d8d8..bcceea97 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class SketchesServiceImpl implements SketchesService {
             const { sketchDirUri } = (await this.configService.getConfiguration());
             fsPath = FileUri.fsPath(sketchDirUri);
             if (!fs.existsSync(fsPath)) {
-                fs.mkdirpSync(fsPath);
+                await fs.mkdirp(fsPath);
             }
         } else {
             fsPath = FileUri.fsPath(uri);
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ export class SketchesServiceImpl implements SketchesService {
 
         const sketchDir = path.join(parent, sketchName)
         const sketchFile = path.join(sketchDir, `${sketchName}.ino`);
-        fs.mkdirpSync(sketchDir);
-        fs.writeFileSync(sketchFile, `
+        await fs.mkdirp(sketchDir);
+        await fs.writeFile(sketchFile, `
 void setup() {
 // put your setup code here, to run once:
 
@@ -140,4 +140,4 @@ void loop() {
         }
         return false;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7742185e..3bb4d881 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "lerna": "^3.13.3"
   },
+  "resolutions": {
+    "**/fs-extra": "^8.1.0"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "lerna run prepare",
     "rebuild:browser": "theia rebuild:browser",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fb216891..489719a0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6576,36 +6576,7 @@ fs-exists-sync@^0.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-exists-sync/-/fs-exists-sync-0.1.0.tgz#982d6893af918e72d08dec9e8673ff2b5a8d6add"
   integrity sha1-mC1ok6+RjnLQjeyehnP/K1qNat0=
 
-fs-extra@^0.30.0:
-  version "0.30.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-0.30.0.tgz#f233ffcc08d4da7d432daa449776989db1df93f0"
-  integrity sha1-8jP/zAjU2n1DLapEl3aYnbHfk/A=
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
-    jsonfile "^2.1.0"
-    klaw "^1.0.0"
-    path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
-    rimraf "^2.2.8"
-
-fs-extra@^4.0.1, fs-extra@^4.0.2:
-  version "4.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-4.0.3.tgz#0d852122e5bc5beb453fb028e9c0c9bf36340c94"
-  integrity sha512-q6rbdDd1o2mAnQreO7YADIxf/Whx4AHBiRf6d+/cVT8h44ss+lHgxf1FemcqDnQt9X3ct4McHr+JMGlYSsK7Cg==
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
-    jsonfile "^4.0.0"
-    universalify "^0.1.0"
-
-fs-extra@^7.0.0, fs-extra@^7.0.1:
-  version "7.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-7.0.1.tgz#4f189c44aa123b895f722804f55ea23eadc348e9"
-  integrity sha512-YJDaCJZEnBmcbw13fvdAM9AwNOJwOzrE4pqMqBq5nFiEqXUqHwlK4B+3pUw6JNvfSPtX05xFHtYy/1ni01eGCw==
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
-    jsonfile "^4.0.0"
-    universalify "^0.1.0"
-
-fs-extra@^8.1.0:
+fs-extra@^0.30.0, fs-extra@^4.0.1, fs-extra@^4.0.2, fs-extra@^7.0.0, fs-extra@^7.0.1, fs-extra@^8.1.0:
   version "8.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-8.1.0.tgz#49d43c45a88cd9677668cb7be1b46efdb8d2e1c0"
   integrity sha512-yhlQgA6mnOJUKOsRUFsgJdQCvkKhcz8tlZG5HBQfReYZy46OwLcY+Zia0mtdHsOo9y/hP+CxMN0TU9QxoOtG4g==
@@ -7018,7 +6989,7 @@ got@^8.2.0, got@^8.3.1:
     url-parse-lax "^3.0.0"
     url-to-options "^1.0.1"
 
-graceful-fs@^4.1.10, graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.15, graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6, graceful-fs@^4.1.9, graceful-fs@^4.2.0, graceful-fs@^4.2.2:
+graceful-fs@^4.1.10, graceful-fs@^4.1.11, graceful-fs@^4.1.15, graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6, graceful-fs@^4.2.0, graceful-fs@^4.2.2:
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.3.tgz#4a12ff1b60376ef09862c2093edd908328be8423"
   integrity sha512-a30VEBm4PEdx1dRB7MFK7BejejvCvBronbLjht+sHuGYj8PHs7M/5Z+rt5lw551vZ7yfTCj4Vuyy3mSJytDWRQ==
@@ -8186,13 +8157,6 @@ jsonc-parser@^2.0.2, jsonc-parser@^2.1.1, jsonc-parser@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-2.2.0.tgz#f206f87f9d49d644b7502052c04e82dd6392e9ef"
   integrity sha512-4fLQxW1j/5fWj6p78vAlAafoCKtuBm6ghv+Ij5W2DrDx0qE+ZdEl2c6Ko1mgJNF5ftX1iEWQQ4Ap7+3GlhjkOA==
 
-jsonfile@^2.1.0:
-  version "2.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-2.4.0.tgz#3736a2b428b87bbda0cc83b53fa3d633a35c2ae8"
-  integrity sha1-NzaitCi4e72gzIO1P6PWM6NcKug=
-  optionalDependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
-
 jsonfile@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz#8771aae0799b64076b76640fca058f9c10e33ecb"
@@ -8253,13 +8217,6 @@ kind-of@^6.0.0, kind-of@^6.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.2.tgz#01146b36a6218e64e58f3a8d66de5d7fc6f6d051"
   integrity sha512-s5kLOcnH0XqDO+FvuaLX8DDjZ18CGFk7VygH40QoKPUQhW4e2rvM0rwUq0t8IQDOwYSeLK01U90OjzBTme2QqA==
 
-klaw@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/klaw/-/klaw-1.3.1.tgz#4088433b46b3b1ba259d78785d8e96f73ba02439"
-  integrity sha1-QIhDO0azsbolnXh4XY6W9zugJDk=
-  optionalDependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.9"
-
 lazy-cache@^2.0.1, lazy-cache@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lazy-cache/-/lazy-cache-2.0.2.tgz#b9190a4f913354694840859f8a8f7084d8822264"