diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index 5b0ab111e21282..c913d64139f1c1 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "sorted-union-stream": "~2.1.3",
     "ssri": "~4.1.6",
     "strip-ansi": "~4.0.0",
-    "tar": "~2.2.1",
+    "tar": "~4.4.2",
     "text-table": "~0.2.0",
     "uid-number": "0.0.6",
     "umask": "~1.1.0",