diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ceb9d710..40a38b0c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "mixpanel": "kitematic/mixpanel-node",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.3",
-    "npm": "^2.9.1",
+    "npm": "^5.6.0",
     "object-assign": "^2.0.0",
     "osx-release": "^1.1.0",
     "parseUri": "^1.2.3-2",