diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/package.json b/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/package.json
index b715d52391a933..e2ec8461364f28 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "nock": "^13.2.4",
     "require-inject": "^1.4.4",
     "ssri": "^10.0.0",
-    "tap": "^16.0.1"
+    "tap": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "tap": {
     "check-coverage": true,