diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ae0eca6..549aad3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     "electron-storage": "^1.0.6",
     "fs-extra": "^2.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^1.6.3",
-    "npm": "^4.4.0",
+    "npm": "^5.10.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "selection-model": "^0.11.0",
     "shell-path": "^2.0.0",