diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d15f8cc362..d7b887a3d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.13.1",
     "nan": "^2.2.0",
     "node-gyp": "^3.5.0",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "~0.6.32",
+    "node-pre-gyp": "~0.17.0",
     "promisify-node": "~0.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {