diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
index 2a4229e3b5d0e..2ac62c3311d12 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "npm-pick-manifest": "^8.0.1",
     "npm-registry-fetch": "^14.0.3",
     "npmlog": "^7.0.1",
-    "pacote": "^15.0.8",
+    "pacote": "^16.0.0",
     "parse-conflict-json": "^3.0.0",
     "proc-log": "^3.0.0",
     "promise-all-reject-late": "^1.0.0",