diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index f3bf743dd8..ec96c38648 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
       "matchPackageNames": ["fancy-test"],
       "allowedVersions": "1.x",
       "description": "Wait for Oclif 2 TODO:CDX-746"
+    },
+    {
+      "matchPackageNames": ["npm"],
+      "allowedVersions": "8.4.x",
+      "description": "Need NPM to be fixed https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/4404 TODO:CDX-815"
     }
   ],
   "rangeStrategy": "auto",