diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/init-package-json/package.json b/deps/npm/node_modules/init-package-json/package.json
index a164169a74df3c..db1a5a14d9e2a5 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/init-package-json/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/init-package-json/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@npmcli/config": "^7.0.0",
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",
     "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.18.0",
-    "tap": "^16.0.1"
+    "tap": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^16.14.0 || >=18.0.0"