diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index 58631e96bb75d1..9d79588608630b 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
     "sprintf-js": "^1.1.2",
     "standard": "^11.0.1",
     "tacks": "^1.3.0",
-    "tap": "^12.7.0",
+    "tap": "^18.0.0",
     "tar-stream": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {