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Error: Cannot find module 'webpack-cli/bin/config-yargs'

Are you getting Error: Cannot find module 'webpack-cli/bin/config-yargs'? Have you recently upgraded Webpack? To clear the above message trying changing from "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode development --progress --color", to "start": "webpack serve --mode development --progress --color", in package.json.

yarn run v1.22.5
$ webpack-dev-server --mode development --progress --color
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
warning Skipping preferred cache folder "/.cache/yarn" because it is not writable.
warning Selected the next writable cache folder in the list, will be "/tmp/.yarn-cache-501".
warning Cannot find a suitable global folder. Tried these: "/usr/local, /.yarn"
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:896
  throw err;
  ^
Error: Cannot find module 'webpack-cli/bin/config-yargs'
Require stack:
- /../../client/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:893:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:743:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:965:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/../../client/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js:65:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1076:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:941:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:782:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:72:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/../../client/node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js'
  ]
}
error Command failed with exit code 1.
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