diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c6eba737f9..416ece0959 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,23 +31,23 @@ jobs:
         include:
         - name: Node.js 0.10
           node-version: "0.10"
-          npm-i: mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
+          npm-i: minimatch@3.0.4 mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
 
         - name: Node.js 0.12
           node-version: "0.12"
-          npm-i: mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
+          npm-i: minimatch@3.0.4 mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
 
         - name: io.js 1.x
           node-version: "1.8"
-          npm-i: mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
+          npm-i: minimatch@3.0.4 mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
 
         - name: io.js 2.x
           node-version: "2.5"
-          npm-i: mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
+          npm-i: minimatch@3.0.4 mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
 
         - name: io.js 3.x
           node-version: "3.3"
-          npm-i: mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
+          npm-i: minimatch@3.0.4 mocha@3.5.3 supertest@2.0.0
 
         - name: Node.js 4.x
           node-version: "4.9"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index ca108e24fb..c1b51ca7cd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ install:
         sls "^eslint(-|$)" | `
         %{ npm rm --silent --save-dev $_ }
   # Setup Node.js version-specific dependencies
+  - ps: |
+      # minimatch for Node.js < 4
+      if ([int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[0] -lt 4) {
+        npm install --silent --save-dev minimatch@3.0.4
+      }
   - ps: |
       # mocha for testing
       # - use 3.x for Node.js < 4