diff --git a/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/policy.js b/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/policy.js
index 82ced1b08d2a2..189dce80ee68e 100644
--- a/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/policy.js
+++ b/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/lib/cache/policy.js
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ const CacheSemantics = require('http-cache-semantics')
 const Negotiator = require('negotiator')
 const ssri = require('ssri')
 
+// HACK: negotiator lazy loads several of its own modules
+// as a micro optimization. we need to be sure that they're
+// in memory as soon as possible at startup so that we do
+// not try to lazy load them after the directory has been
+// retired during a self update of the npm CLI, we do this
+// by calling all of the methods that trigger a lazy load
+// on a fake instance.
+const preloadNegotiator = new Negotiator({ headers: {} })
+preloadNegotiator.charsets()
+preloadNegotiator.encodings()
+preloadNegotiator.languages()
+preloadNegotiator.mediaTypes()
+
 // options passed to http-cache-semantics constructor
 const policyOptions = {
   shared: false,
diff --git a/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/package.json b/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/package.json
index 5c460d77389d0..af97a161c6088 100644
--- a/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "make-fetch-happen",
-  "version": "9.0.1",
+  "version": "9.0.2",
   "description": "Opinionated, caching, retrying fetch client",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2ed06c341efd1..89a0baf1419dd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4957,9 +4957,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/make-fetch-happen": {
-      "version": "9.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-9.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c2IxuRxsPKpW9ftCUnsbbAD3rBZNGsuRNwexAbWI8Eh9jlEVPrxZYK5ffgYRAVTQBegqrqR3DlWrsvvLhi4xQA==",
+      "version": "9.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-9.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UkAWAuXPXSSlVviTjH2We20mtj1NnZW2Qq/oTY2dyMbRQ5CR3Xed3akCDMnM7j6axrMY80lhgM7loNE132PfAw==",
       "inBundle": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "agentkeepalive": "^4.1.3",
@@ -13957,9 +13957,9 @@
       }
     },
     "make-fetch-happen": {
-      "version": "9.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-9.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c2IxuRxsPKpW9ftCUnsbbAD3rBZNGsuRNwexAbWI8Eh9jlEVPrxZYK5ffgYRAVTQBegqrqR3DlWrsvvLhi4xQA==",
+      "version": "9.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-fetch-happen/-/make-fetch-happen-9.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UkAWAuXPXSSlVviTjH2We20mtj1NnZW2Qq/oTY2dyMbRQ5CR3Xed3akCDMnM7j6axrMY80lhgM7loNE132PfAw==",
       "requires": {
         "agentkeepalive": "^4.1.3",
         "cacache": "^15.2.0",