diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
index 87f6d6c12b..c2db4eff6e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ export default async () => {
   console.log();
 
   // Finally we make sure the new lockfile doesn't have any duplicates
-  const lockfilePath = paths.resolveTargetRoot('yarn.lock');
-  const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(lockfilePath);
+  const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(paths.resolveTargetRoot('yarn.lock'));
   const result = lockfile.analyze({
     filter: name => dependencyMap.has(name),
   });
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ export default async () => {
     console.log();
     console.log('Removing duplicate dependencies from yarn.lock');
     lockfile.replaceVersions(result.newVersions);
-    await fs.writeFile(lockfilePath, lockfile.toString(), 'utf8');
+    await lockfile.save();
 
     console.log(
       "Running 'yarn install' to remove duplicates from node_modules",
@@ -195,5 +194,9 @@ async function workerThreads<T>(
     await pop();
   }
 
-  return Promise.all(Array(count).fill(0).map(pop));
+  return Promise.all(
+    Array(count)
+      .fill(0)
+      .map(pop),
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/lint.ts
index 2f200a75a9..f91d2b74eb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/versions/lint.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { Lockfile } from '../../lib/versioning';
 import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
@@ -35,8 +34,7 @@ export default async (cmd: Command) => {
 
   let success = true;
 
-  const lockfilePath = paths.resolveTargetRoot('yarn.lock');
-  const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(lockfilePath);
+  const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(paths.resolveTargetRoot('yarn.lock'));
   const result = lockfile.analyze({
     filter: name => INCLUDED.some(pattern => pattern.test(name)),
   });
@@ -49,8 +47,7 @@ export default async (cmd: Command) => {
 
   if (fix) {
     lockfile.replaceVersions(result.newVersions);
-
-    await fs.writeFile(lockfilePath, lockfile.toString(), 'utf8');
+    await lockfile.save();
   } else {
     const [
       newVersionsForbidden,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.test.ts
index 20847242d3..89126c7ce1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
 import { Lockfile } from './Lockfile';
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ describe('Lockfile', () => {
     expect(lockfile.toString()).toBe(mockA);
   });
 
-  it('should deduplicate mockA', async () => {
+  it('should deduplicate and save mockA', async () => {
     mockFs({
       '/yarn.lock': mockA,
     });
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ describe('Lockfile', () => {
     expect(lockfile.toString()).toBe(mockA);
     lockfile.replaceVersions(result.newVersions);
     expect(lockfile.toString()).toBe(mockADedup);
+
+    await expect(fs.readFile('/yarn.lock', 'utf8')).resolves.toBe(mockA);
+    await expect(lockfile.save()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(fs.readFile('/yarn.lock', 'utf8')).resolves.toBe(mockADedup);
   });
 
   it('should deduplicate mockB', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
index 8acb387704..59a734c314 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/versioning/Lockfile.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ export class Lockfile {
       queries.push({ range, version: value.version });
     }
 
-    return new Lockfile(packages, data);
+    return new Lockfile(path, packages, data);
   }
 
-  constructor(
+  private constructor(
+    private readonly path: string,
     private readonly packages: Map<string, LockfileQueryEntry[]>,
     private readonly data: LockfileData,
   ) {}
@@ -242,6 +243,10 @@ export class Lockfile {
     }
   }
 
+  async save() {
+    await fs.writeFile(this.path, this.toString(), 'utf8');
+  }
+
   toString() {
     return stringifyLockfile(this.data);
   }