diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83887161f3..55fe0a0331 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,5 +83,9 @@
   },
   "nyc": {
     "report-dir": ".cypress-coverage"
+  },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "bufferutil": "^4.0.8",
+    "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fea6ebf608..d7b1a65887 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -563,6 +563,13 @@ browserslist@^4.0.0, browserslist@^4.21.10, browserslist@^4.21.4:
     node-releases "^2.0.13"
     update-browserslist-db "^1.0.13"
 
+bufferutil@^4.0.8:
+  version "4.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bufferutil/-/bufferutil-4.0.8.tgz#1de6a71092d65d7766c4d8a522b261a6e787e8ea"
+  integrity sha512-4T53u4PdgsXqKaIctwF8ifXlRTTmEPJ8iEPWFdGZvcf7sbwYo6FKFEX9eNNAnzFZ7EzJAQ3CJeOtCRA4rDp7Pw==
+  dependencies:
+    node-gyp-build "^4.3.0"
+
 call-bind@^1.0.0, call-bind@^1.0.2, call-bind@^1.0.4, call-bind@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/call-bind/-/call-bind-1.0.5.tgz#6fa2b7845ce0ea49bf4d8b9ef64727a2c2e2e513"
@@ -2261,6 +2268,11 @@ negotiator@0.6.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/negotiator/-/negotiator-0.6.3.tgz#58e323a72fedc0d6f9cd4d31fe49f51479590ccd"
   integrity sha512-+EUsqGPLsM+j/zdChZjsnX51g4XrHFOIXwfnCVPGlQk/k5giakcKsuxCObBRu6DSm9opw/O6slWbJdghQM4bBg==
 
+node-gyp-build@^4.3.0:
+  version "4.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.0.tgz#3fee9c1731df4581a3f9ead74664369ff00d26dd"
+  integrity sha512-u6fs2AEUljNho3EYTJNBfImO5QTo/J/1Etd+NVdCj7qWKUSN/bSLkZwhDv7I+w/MSC6qJ4cknepkAYykDdK8og==
+
 node-releases@^2.0.13:
   version "2.0.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-releases/-/node-releases-2.0.13.tgz#d5ed1627c23e3461e819b02e57b75e4899b1c81d"
@@ -3415,6 +3427,13 @@ url-polyfill@^1.1.12:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/url-polyfill/-/url-polyfill-1.1.12.tgz#6cdaa17f6b022841b3aec0bf8dbd87ac0cd33331"
   integrity sha512-mYFmBHCapZjtcNHW0MDq9967t+z4Dmg5CJ0KqysK3+ZbyoNOWQHksGCTWwDhxGXllkWlOc10Xfko6v4a3ucM6A==
 
+utf-8-validate@^6.0.3:
+  version "6.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/utf-8-validate/-/utf-8-validate-6.0.3.tgz#7d8c936d854e86b24d1d655f138ee27d2636d777"
+  integrity sha512-uIuGf9TWQ/y+0Lp+KGZCMuJWc3N9BHA+l/UmHd/oUHwJJDeysyTRxNQVkbzsIWfGFbRe3OcgML/i0mvVRPOyDA==
+  dependencies:
+    node-gyp-build "^4.3.0"
+
 util-deprecate@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"