diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index c407a66ae12d11..950cb92ad4ea62 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1",
     "libnpmaccess": "^5.0.1",
     "libnpmdiff": "^3.0.0",
-    "libnpmexec": "^3.0.3",
+    "libnpmexec": "^7.0.8",
     "libnpmfund": "^2.0.2",
     "libnpmhook": "^7.0.1",
     "libnpmorg": "^3.0.1",