diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1e31240f6..71a2f9bd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
     "semver": "^6.1.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.11",
     "tmp-promise": "^2.0.1",
-    "truffle": "5.1.4",
     "truffle-flattener": "^1.2.9",
     "web3": "^1.2.4",
     "web3-utils": "^1.2.4",
@@ -122,7 +121,8 @@
     "nyc": "^14.1.1",
     "prettier": "^1.15.3",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.0",
-    "sinon": "^7.3.1"
+    "sinon": "^7.3.1",
+    "truffle": "^5.1.6"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/helpers/truffle-runner.js b/packages/cli/src/helpers/truffle-runner.js
index 46bdc448a..a239932c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/helpers/truffle-runner.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/helpers/truffle-runner.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 import execa from 'execa'
 import devnull from 'dev-null'
-import { getBinary, getPackageRoot } from '@aragon/toolkit'
-
-const truffleBin = getBinary('truffle', getPackageRoot(__dirname))
 
 export const runTruffle = (args, { stdout, stderr, stdin }) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const truffle = execa(truffleBin, args)
+    const truffle = execa('truffle', args, { preferLocal: true })
     let errMsg = ''
     truffle.on('exit', code => {
       code === 0 ? resolve() : reject(errMsg)