diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
index 33aa76abe24070..844380305d0fe3 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DEPS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/deps"
 . "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
 NEW_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" view acorn-walk dist-tags.latest)
-CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" -p "require('./deps/acorn/acorn-walk/package.json').version")
+CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" --prefix './deps/acorn/acorn-walk/' pkg get version)
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
 compare_dependency_version "acorn-walk" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CURRENT_VERSION"
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ cd "$WORKSPACE"
 
 echo "Fetching acorn-walk source archive..."
 
-DIST_URL=$(curl -sL "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn-walk/$NEW_VERSION" | perl -n -e '/"dist".*?"tarball":"(.*?)"/ && print $1')
+"$NODE" "$NPM" pack "acorn-walk@$NEW_VERSION"
 
-ACORN_WALK_TGZ="acorn-walk.tgz"
-
-curl -sL -o "$ACORN_WALK_TGZ" "$DIST_URL"
+ACORN_WALK_TGZ="acorn-walk-$NEW_VERSION.tgz"
 
 log_and_verify_sha256sum "acorn-walk" "$ACORN_WALK_TGZ"
 
@@ -52,9 +50,7 @@ rm -r "$DEPS_DIR/acorn/acorn-walk"/*
 
 tar -xf "$ACORN_WALK_TGZ"
 
-mv "$WORKSPACE/package"/* "$DEPS_DIR/acorn/acorn-walk"
-
-rm "$ACORN_WALK_TGZ"
+mv package/* "$DEPS_DIR/acorn/acorn-walk"
 
 echo "All done!"
 echo ""
@@ -64,6 +60,7 @@ echo "$ git add -A deps/acorn-walk"
 echo "$ git commit -m \"deps: update acorn-walk to $NEW_VERSION\""
 echo ""
 
-# The last line of the script should always print the new version,
-# as we need to add it to $GITHUB_ENV variable.
-echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION"
+# Update the version number on maintaining-dependencies.md
+# and print the new version as the last line of the script as we need
+# to add it to $GITHUB_ENV variable
+finalize_version_update "acorn-walk" "$NEW_VERSION"
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
index 53d85156653d9c..6c0f54a5447100 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
@@ -7,36 +7,53 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
-[ -z "$NODE" ] && NODE="$ROOT/out/Release/node"
+BASE_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)
+[ -z "$NODE" ] && NODE="$BASE_DIR/out/Release/node"
 [ -x "$NODE" ] || NODE=$(command -v node)
-NPM="$ROOT/deps/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
+NPM="$BASE_DIR/deps/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
+DEPS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/deps"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. "$ROOT/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
+. "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
 NEW_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" view acorn dist-tags.latest)
-CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" -p "require('./deps/acorn/acorn/package.json').version")
+CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" --prefix './deps/acorn/acorn/' pkg get version)
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
 compare_dependency_version "acorn" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CURRENT_VERSION"
 
 cd "$( dirname "$0" )/../.." || exit
 
-rm -rf deps/acorn/acorn
+echo "Making temporary workspace..."
 
-(
-    rm -rf acorn-tmp
-    mkdir acorn-tmp
-    cd acorn-tmp || exit
+WORKSPACE=$(mktemp -d 2> /dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'tmp')
 
-    "$NODE" "$NPM" init --yes
+cleanup () {
+  EXIT_CODE=$?
+  [ -d "$WORKSPACE" ] && rm -rf "$WORKSPACE"
+  exit $EXIT_CODE
+}
 
-    "$NODE" "$NPM" install --global-style --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts "acorn@$NEW_VERSION"
-)
+trap cleanup INT TERM EXIT
+
+cd "$WORKSPACE"
+
+echo "Fetching acorn source archive..."
+
+"$NODE" "$NPM" pack "acorn@$NEW_VERSION"
+
+ACORN_TGZ="acorn-$NEW_VERSION.tgz"
+
+log_and_verify_sha256sum "acorn" "$ACORN_TGZ"
+
+rm -r "$DEPS_DIR/acorn/acorn"/*
+
+tar -xf "$ACORN_TGZ"
+
+mv package/* "$DEPS_DIR/acorn/acorn"
 
 # update version information in src/acorn_version.h
-cat > "$ROOT/src/acorn_version.h" <<EOF
+cat > "$BASE_DIR/src/acorn_version.h" <<EOF
 // This is an auto generated file, please do not edit.
 // Refer to tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
 #ifndef SRC_ACORN_VERSION_H_
@@ -45,9 +62,14 @@ cat > "$ROOT/src/acorn_version.h" <<EOF
 #endif  // SRC_ACORN_VERSION_H_
 EOF
 
-mv acorn-tmp/node_modules/acorn deps/acorn
-
-rm -rf acorn-tmp/
+echo "All done!"
+echo ""
+echo "Please git add acorn, commit the new version:"
+echo ""
+echo "$ git add -A deps/acorn/acorn"
+echo "$ git add $BASE_DIR/src/acorn_version.h"
+echo "$ git commit -m \"deps: update acorn to $NEW_VERSION\""
+echo ""
 
 # Update the version number on maintaining-dependencies.md
 # and print the new version as the last line of the script as we need