diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index a2961a3606b..3b33c3a08a2 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "lru-cache": "~2.5.0",
     "minimatch": "~1.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.0",
-    "node-gyp": "~1.0.1",
+    "node-gyp": "~8.0.0",
     "nopt": "~3.0.1",
     "npm-cache-filename": "~1.0.1",
     "npm-install-checks": "~1.0.2",