diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/package.json b/deps/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/package.json
index bd27e4bbffa20a..f31ba665ec8dea 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^4.0.1",
     "minify-registry-metadata": "^2.1.0",
-    "tap": "^15.0.9",
+    "tap": "^18.0.0",
     "tcompare": "^5.0.6"
   },
   "scripts": {