diff --git a/.backportrc.json b/.backportrc.json
index 2603eb2e2d444f..731f49183dba5c 100644
--- a/.backportrc.json
+++ b/.backportrc.json
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 {
   "upstream": "elastic/kibana",
-  "branches": [{ "name": "7.x", "checked": true }, "7.7", "7.6", "7.5", "7.4", "7.3", "7.2", "7.1", "7.0", "6.8", "6.7", "6.6", "6.5", "6.4", "6.3", "6.2", "6.1", "6.0", "5.6"],
-  "labels": ["backport"]
+  "targetBranchChoices": [
+    { "name": "master", "checked": true },
+    { "name": "7.x", "checked": true },
+    "7.7",
+    "7.6",
+    "7.5",
+    "7.4",
+    "7.3",
+    "7.2",
+    "7.1",
+    "7.0",
+    "6.8",
+    "6.7",
+    "6.6",
+    "6.5",
+    "6.4",
+    "6.3",
+    "6.2",
+    "6.1",
+    "6.0",
+    "5.6"
+  ],
+  "targetPRLabels": ["backport"],
+  "branchLabelMapping": {
+    "^v7.8.0$": "7.x",
+    "^v(\\d+).(\\d+).\\d+$": "$1.$2"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ad304fdf2f690..1e3ddc976aa67c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.3",
     "babel-jest": "^24.9.0",
     "babel-plugin-istanbul": "^6.0.0",
-    "backport": "5.1.3",
+    "backport": "5.4.1",
     "chai": "3.5.0",
     "chance": "1.0.18",
     "cheerio": "0.22.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 94e6a0a11aa993..346c4d76d24c99 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4778,11 +4778,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz#2b35eccfcee7d38cd72ad99232fbd58bffb3c84d"
   integrity sha512-wWKOClTTiizcZhXnPY4wikVAwmdYHp8q6DmC+EJUzAMsycb7HB32Kh9RN4+0gExjmPmZSAQjgURXIGATPegAvA==
 
-"@types/safe-json-stringify@^1.1.0":
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/safe-json-stringify/-/safe-json-stringify-1.1.0.tgz#4cd786442d7abc037f8e9026b22e3b401005c287"
-  integrity sha512-iIQqHp8fqDgxTlWor4DrTrKGVmjDeGDodQBipQkPSlRU1QeKIytv37U4aFN9N65VJcFJx67+zOnpbTNQzqHTOg==
-
 "@types/seedrandom@>=2.0.0 <4.0.0":
   version "2.4.28"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/seedrandom/-/seedrandom-2.4.28.tgz#9ce8fa048c1e8c85cb71d7fe4d704e000226036f"
@@ -7409,24 +7404,24 @@ backo2@1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/backo2/-/backo2-1.0.2.tgz#31ab1ac8b129363463e35b3ebb69f4dfcfba7947"
   integrity sha1-MasayLEpNjRj41s+u2n038+6eUc=
 
-backport@5.1.3:
-  version "5.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/backport/-/backport-5.1.3.tgz#6fa788f48ee90e2b98b4e8d6d9385b0fb2e2f689"
-  integrity sha512-fTrXAyXvsg+lOuuWQosHzz/YnFfrkBsVkPcygjrDZVlWhbD+cA8mY3GrcJ8sIFwUg9Ja8qCeBFfLIRKlOwuzEg==
+backport@5.4.1:
+  version "5.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/backport/-/backport-5.4.1.tgz#b066e8bbece91bc813187c13b7bea69ef5355471"
+  integrity sha512-vFR5Juss2pveS2OyyoE5n14j7ZDqeZXakzv4KngTEUTsb+5r/AVj2OG8LfJ14RJBMKBYSf1ojSKgDiWtUi0r+w==
   dependencies:
-    "@types/safe-json-stringify" "^1.1.0"
     axios "^0.19.2"
     dedent "^0.7.0"
     del "^5.1.0"
     find-up "^4.1.0"
     inquirer "^7.1.0"
+    lodash.flatmap "^4.5.0"
     lodash.isempty "^4.4.0"
     lodash.isstring "^4.0.1"
     lodash.uniq "^4.5.0"
-    make-dir "^3.0.2"
-    ora "^4.0.3"
+    make-dir "^3.1.0"
+    ora "^4.0.4"
     safe-json-stringify "^1.2.0"
-    strip-json-comments "^3.0.1"
+    strip-json-comments "^3.1.0"
     winston "^3.2.1"
     yargs "^15.3.1"
 
@@ -19538,6 +19533,11 @@ lodash.filter@^4.4.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.filter/-/lodash.filter-4.6.0.tgz#668b1d4981603ae1cc5a6fa760143e480b4c4ace"
   integrity sha1-ZosdSYFgOuHMWm+nYBQ+SAtMSs4=
 
+lodash.flatmap@^4.5.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flatmap/-/lodash.flatmap-4.5.0.tgz#ef8cbf408f6e48268663345305c6acc0b778702e"
+  integrity sha1-74y/QI9uSCaGYzRTBcaswLd4cC4=
+
 lodash.flatten@^4.2.0, lodash.flatten@^4.4.0:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.flatten/-/lodash.flatten-4.4.0.tgz#f31c22225a9632d2bbf8e4addbef240aa765a61f"
@@ -20026,10 +20026,10 @@ make-dir@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     semver "^6.0.0"
 
-make-dir@^3.0.2:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-dir/-/make-dir-3.0.2.tgz#04a1acbf22221e1d6ef43559f43e05a90dbb4392"
-  integrity sha512-rYKABKutXa6vXTXhoV18cBE7PaewPXHe/Bdq4v+ZLMhxbWApkFFplT0LcbMW+6BbjnQXzZ/sAvSE/JdguApG5w==
+make-dir@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-dir/-/make-dir-3.1.0.tgz#415e967046b3a7f1d185277d84aa58203726a13f"
+  integrity sha512-g3FeP20LNwhALb/6Cz6Dd4F2ngze0jz7tbzrD2wAV+o9FeNHe4rL+yK2md0J/fiSf1sa1ADhXqi5+oVwOM/eGw==
   dependencies:
     semver "^6.0.0"
 
@@ -22178,10 +22178,10 @@ ora@^3.0.0:
     strip-ansi "^5.2.0"
     wcwidth "^1.0.1"
 
-ora@^4.0.3:
-  version "4.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ora/-/ora-4.0.3.tgz#752a1b7b4be4825546a7a3d59256fa523b6b6d05"
-  integrity sha512-fnDebVFyz309A73cqCipVL1fBZewq4vwgSHfxh43vVy31mbyoQ8sCH3Oeaog/owYOs/lLlGVPCISQonTneg6Pg==
+ora@^4.0.4:
+  version "4.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ora/-/ora-4.0.4.tgz#e8da697cc5b6a47266655bf68e0fb588d29a545d"
+  integrity sha512-77iGeVU1cIdRhgFzCK8aw1fbtT1B/iZAvWjS+l/o1x0RShMgxHUZaD2yDpWsNCPwXg9z1ZA78Kbdvr8kBmG/Ww==
   dependencies:
     chalk "^3.0.0"
     cli-cursor "^3.1.0"
@@ -28174,6 +28174,11 @@ strip-json-comments@^3.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.0.1.tgz#85713975a91fb87bf1b305cca77395e40d2a64a7"
   integrity sha512-VTyMAUfdm047mwKl+u79WIdrZxtFtn+nBxHeb844XBQ9uMNTuTHdx2hc5RiAJYqwTj3wc/xe5HLSdJSkJ+WfZw==
 
+strip-json-comments@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.1.0.tgz#7638d31422129ecf4457440009fba03f9f9ac180"
+  integrity sha512-e6/d0eBu7gHtdCqFt0xJr642LdToM5/cN4Qb9DbHjVx1CP5RyeM+zH7pbecEmDv/lBqb0QH+6Uqq75rxFPkM0w==
+
 strip-json-comments@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-1.0.4.tgz#1e15fbcac97d3ee99bf2d73b4c656b082bbafb91"