---
title: "Overrides and resolutions"
description: "Control metadependency versions with npm overrides and Yarn resolutions"
---

Bun supports npm's `"overrides"` and Yarn's `"resolutions"` in `package.json`. Both specify a version range for _metadependencies_, the dependencies of your dependencies.

{/* prettier-ignore */}
```json package.json icon="file-json"
{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "foo": "^2.0.0"
  },
  "overrides": { // [!code ++]
    "bar": "~4.4.0" // [!code ++]
  } // [!code ++]
}
```

By default, Bun installs the latest version of all dependencies and metadependencies, according to the ranges specified in each package's `package.json`. Say your project has one dependency, `foo`, which in turn depends on `bar`. That makes `bar` a _metadependency_ of your project.

```json package.json icon="file-json"
{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "foo": "^2.0.0"
  }
}
```

When you run `bun install`, Bun installs the latest version of each package.

```txt tree layout of node_modules icon="list-tree"
node_modules
├── foo@1.2.3
└── bar@4.5.6
```

If a security vulnerability is introduced in `bar@4.5.6`, you may want to pin `bar` to an older version that doesn't have it. That's what `"overrides"` and `"resolutions"` are for.

---

## `"overrides"`

Add `bar` to the `"overrides"` field in `package.json`. Bun defers to the specified version range when determining which version of `bar` to install, whether it's a dependency or a metadependency.

<Note>
  Bun only supports top-level `"overrides"`, not [nested
  overrides](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-json#overrides).
</Note>

{/* prettier-ignore */}
```json package.json icon="file-json"
{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "foo": "^2.0.0"
  },
  "overrides": { // [!code ++]
    "bar": "~4.4.0" // [!code ++]
  } // [!code ++]
}
```

## `"resolutions"`

`"resolutions"` is Yarn's alternative to `"overrides"`, with similar syntax. Bun supports it to make migration from Yarn easier.

As with `"overrides"`, _nested resolutions_ are not supported.

{/* prettier-ignore */}
```json package.json icon="file-json"
{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "foo": "^2.0.0"
  },
  "resolutions": { // [!code ++]
    "bar": "~4.4.0" // [!code ++]
  } // [!code ++]
}
```
