diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00354cb2007f..0252442c8e1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "lerna": "^4.0.0",
     "moon-unit": "0.2.2",
     "node-qunit": "^2.0.0",
-    "npm": "^8.5.0",
+    "npm": "8.3.2",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "p-timeout": "^5.0.2",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "~2.1.16",
diff --git a/scripts/check-dependencies.mjs b/scripts/check-dependencies.mjs
index 32bb867de2f3..08f5532db073 100644
--- a/scripts/check-dependencies.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-dependencies.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const getDependencies = promisify(david.getDependencies);
 
 const ignoreEverywhere = new Set([
   'moon-unit',
+  'npm',
 ]);
 
 const ignoreInPackages = new Set([