diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
index 11ac62cadbfb..5fce33c368df 100755
--- a/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/bin/docusaurus.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   externalCommand,
   serve,
   clear,
+  upgrade,
   writeTranslations,
   writeHeadingIds,
 } from '../lib/index.js';
@@ -189,6 +190,17 @@ cli
   .description('Remove build artifacts.')
   .action(clear);
 
+cli
+  .command('upgrade [siteDir]')
+  .description('Upgrade @docusaurus packages.')
+  .option(
+    '-t, --tag <tag>',
+    'Tag of npm to look for upgrading. This option accepts any of: <alpha, beta, next, latest>',
+  )
+  .action(async (siteDir, {tag = undefined}) => {
+    upgrade(await resolveDir(siteDir), {tag});
+  });
+
 cli
   .command('write-translations [siteDir]')
   .description('Extract required translations of your site.')
@@ -239,6 +251,7 @@ function isInternalCommand(command) {
       'start',
       'build',
       'swizzle',
+      'upgrade',
       'deploy',
       'serve',
       'clear',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/upgrade.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/upgrade.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0909e658ba8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/upgrade.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import path from 'path';
+import os from 'os';
+import childProcess from 'child_process';
+import {clear} from './clear';
+
+async function hasYarn() {
+  return fs.pathExists(path.resolve(path.dirname(process.cwd()), 'yarn.lock'));
+}
+
+type CommonNpmTags = 'alpha' | 'beta' | 'latest' | 'next';
+
+export async function upgrade(
+  siteDir: string,
+  {tag}: {tag: CommonNpmTags},
+): Promise<void> {
+  const [npmClient, npmCommand] = (await hasYarn())
+    ? ['yarn', 'upgrade']
+    : ['npm', 'install'];
+
+  const {dependencies = {}, devDependencies = {}} = await fs.readJSON(
+    path.join(siteDir, 'package.json'),
+  );
+
+  const packageNames = Array.from(
+    new Set(
+      [...Object.keys(dependencies), ...Object.keys(devDependencies)].filter(
+        (pkg) => pkg.startsWith('@docusaurus'),
+      ),
+    ),
+  )
+    .sort()
+    .map((name) => (tag ? `${name}@${tag}` : name));
+
+  if (!packageNames.length) {
+    logger.error(`Found 0 packages with scope @docusaurus`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  logger.info`Found number=${packageNames.length} to update: name=${packageNames}`;
+  logger.info`Executing code=${`${npmClient} ${npmCommand} ${packageNames.join(
+    ' ',
+  )}`}`;
+
+  childProcess.spawnSync(npmClient, [npmCommand, ...packageNames], {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    shell: os.platform() === 'win32',
+  });
+
+  await clear(siteDir);
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/index.ts
index 82ba70af2e93..2b15c085d4e9 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/index.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ export {externalCommand} from './commands/external';
 export {serve} from './commands/serve';
 export {start} from './commands/start/start';
 export {swizzle} from './commands/swizzle';
+export {upgrade} from './commands/upgrade';
 export {writeHeadingIds} from './commands/writeHeadingIds';
 export {writeTranslations} from './commands/writeTranslations';
diff --git a/website/package.json b/website/package.json
index d5ce9aca8359..4a8008cfb97a 100644
--- a/website/package.json
+++ b/website/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "deploy": "docusaurus deploy",
     "clear": "docusaurus clear && rimraf changelog && rimraf _dogfooding/_swizzle_theme_tests",
     "serve": "docusaurus serve",
+    "upgrade": "docusaurus upgrade",
     "test:css-order": "node testCSSOrder.mjs",
     "test:swizzle:eject:js": "cross-env SWIZZLE_ACTION='eject' SWIZZLE_TYPESCRIPT='false' node _dogfooding/testSwizzleThemeClassic.mjs",
     "test:swizzle:eject:ts": "cross-env SWIZZLE_ACTION='eject' SWIZZLE_TYPESCRIPT='true' node _dogfooding/testSwizzleThemeClassic.mjs",