diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8a012e..9b1254d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "nodeos-cross-toolchain": "^1.0.0-RC3.1",
     "nodeos-nodejs": "^6.9.5-0",
     "nodeos-reverse-proxy": "^0.1.1",
-    "npm": "^4.5.0",
+    "npm": "^4.6.1",
     "bin-nsh": "^0.5.1",
     "ntp-client": "^0.5.3",
     "palmtree": "^2.6.0",