diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/nopt/package.json b/deps/npm/node_modules/nopt/package.json
index 01b7de8fed9341..8f036e439d00db 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/nopt/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/nopt/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",
     "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.15.1",
-    "tap": "^16.3.0"
+    "tap": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "tap": {
     "nyc-arg": [