diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index 24827e59cfd9a1..7a891f727eb251 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "mississippi": "^3.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
     "move-concurrently": "^1.0.1",
-    "node-gyp": "^3.8.0",
+    "node-gyp": "^8.0.0",
     "nopt": "~4.0.1",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.5.0",
     "npm-audit-report": "^1.3.2",