diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/package.json b/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/package.json
index f7965d5a007c9d..2d9d27d1b3c702 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",
     "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.18.0",
-    "tap": "^16.0.1"
+    "tap": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tap",