diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28c243771de..2dce29d332d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "onigasm-umd": "^2.2.4",
     "semver-umd": "^5.5.3",
     "spdlog": "^0.11.1",
-    "sudo-prompt": "9.0.0",
+    "sudo-prompt": "9.1.0",
     "v8-inspect-profiler": "^0.0.20",
     "vscode-minimist": "^1.2.1",
     "vscode-nsfw": "1.2.8",
diff --git a/src/typings/sudo-prompt.d.ts b/src/typings/sudo-prompt.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 85f9783d0a6..00000000000
--- a/src/typings/sudo-prompt.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-declare module 'sudo-prompt' {
-
-	export function exec(cmd: string, options: { name?: string, icns?: string }, callback: (error: string, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void): void;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/electron-browser/nativeTextFileService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/electron-browser/nativeTextFileService.ts
index e105588731a..7caae05d5ec 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/electron-browser/nativeTextFileService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/textfile/electron-browser/nativeTextFileService.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ export class NativeTextFileService extends AbstractTextFileService {
 	private async sudoPromptCopy(source: string, target: string, options?: IWriteTextFileOptions): Promise<void> {
 
 		// load sudo-prompt module lazy
-		const sudoPrompt = await import('sudo-prompt');
+		// @ts-ignore TODO@ben wait for update of sudo-prompt
+		const sudoPrompt: { exec(cmd: string, options: { name?: string, icns?: string }, callback: (error: string, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void): void } = await import('sudo-prompt');
 
 		return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
 			const promptOptions = {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8bd5a9e0fb3..1d949d454a4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8150,10 +8150,10 @@ strip-json-comments@^2.0.1, strip-json-comments@~2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz#3c531942e908c2697c0ec344858c286c7ca0a60a"
   integrity sha1-PFMZQukIwml8DsNEhYwobHygpgo=
 
-sudo-prompt@9.0.0:
-  version "9.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sudo-prompt/-/sudo-prompt-9.0.0.tgz#eebedeee9fcd6f661324e6bb46335e3288e8dc8a"
-  integrity sha512-kUn5fiOk0nhY2oKD9onIkcNCE4Zt85WTsvOfSmqCplmlEvXCcPOmp1npH5YWuf8Bmyy9wLWkIxx+D+8cThBORQ==
+sudo-prompt@9.1.0:
+  version "9.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sudo-prompt/-/sudo-prompt-9.1.0.tgz#9618823e748ce19e2d9e481feaf3ada7d52df52f"
+  integrity sha512-bJigY3ELFd2ZA7gfyQ4wMZIp1EICPFQcMe3RgSz5OQTzrPPaeryhgaxbInO/G62vpiqJs37qlGdb9TaqHeF2yA==
 
 supports-color@1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"