diff --git a/node_modules/libcipm/CHANGELOG.md b/node_modules/libcipm/CHANGELOG.md
index de37a13c2d78c..80411f300698c 100644
--- a/node_modules/libcipm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/node_modules/libcipm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="4.0.7"></a>
+## [4.0.7](https://github.com/npm/libcipm/compare/v4.0.4...v4.0.7) (2019-10-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* delete node_modules contents but keep the dir itself ([f668181](https://github.com/npm/libcipm/commit/f668181)), closes [#3](https://github.com/npm/libcipm/issues/3)
+
 <a name="4.0.4"></a>
 ## [4.0.4](https://github.com/npm/libcipm/compare/v4.0.3...v4.0.4) (2019-09-24)
 
diff --git a/node_modules/libcipm/index.js b/node_modules/libcipm/index.js
index 50f338c602679..42d05e1f8931c 100644
--- a/node_modules/libcipm/index.js
+++ b/node_modules/libcipm/index.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Installer {
         )
         return BB.join(
           this.checkLock(),
-          stat && rimraf(path.join(this.prefix, 'node_modules'))
+          stat && rimraf(path.join(this.prefix, 'node_modules/*'))
         )
       }).then(() => {
       // This needs to happen -after- we've done checkLock()
diff --git a/node_modules/libcipm/package.json b/node_modules/libcipm/package.json
index 7aa96e97574c0..1411b40950004 100644
--- a/node_modules/libcipm/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/libcipm/package.json
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 {
-  "_from": "libcipm@4.0.4",
-  "_id": "libcipm@4.0.4",
+  "_from": "libcipm@4.0.7",
+  "_id": "libcipm@4.0.7",
   "_inBundle": false,
-  "_integrity": "sha512-S2hmT4tYXTpq1H98K+gm/fujDcgQKqPz0QwkmtKrGklAo7U0DI9ZYmQq/EahF3sqw33Quv9gMHJGeodqyX23kg==",
+  "_integrity": "sha512-fTq33otU3PNXxxCTCYCYe7V96o59v/o7bvtspmbORXpgFk+wcWrGf5x6tBgui5gCed/45/wtPomBsZBYm5KbIw==",
   "_location": "/libcipm",
   "_phantomChildren": {},
   "_requested": {
     "type": "version",
     "registry": true,
-    "raw": "libcipm@4.0.4",
+    "raw": "libcipm@4.0.7",
     "name": "libcipm",
     "escapedName": "libcipm",
-    "rawSpec": "4.0.4",
+    "rawSpec": "4.0.7",
     "saveSpec": null,
-    "fetchSpec": "4.0.4"
+    "fetchSpec": "4.0.7"
   },
   "_requiredBy": [
     "#USER",
     "/"
   ],
-  "_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libcipm/-/libcipm-4.0.4.tgz",
-  "_shasum": "6d28fd0f31e61963f8ec7125e9247349181f6cf4",
-  "_spec": "libcipm@4.0.4",
+  "_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libcipm/-/libcipm-4.0.7.tgz",
+  "_shasum": "76cd675c98bdaae64db88b782b01b804b6d02c8a",
+  "_spec": "libcipm@4.0.7",
   "_where": "/Users/mperrotte/npminc/cli",
   "author": {
     "name": "Kat Marchán",
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@
     "update-coc": "weallbehave -o . && git add CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md && git commit -m 'docs(coc): updated CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'",
     "update-contrib": "weallcontribute -o . && git add CONTRIBUTING.md && git commit -m 'docs(contributing): updated CONTRIBUTING.md'"
   },
-  "version": "4.0.4"
+  "version": "4.0.7"
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 57d7f987113fa..7f82786623e0d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3068,9 +3068,9 @@
       }
     },
     "libcipm": {
-      "version": "4.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libcipm/-/libcipm-4.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-S2hmT4tYXTpq1H98K+gm/fujDcgQKqPz0QwkmtKrGklAo7U0DI9ZYmQq/EahF3sqw33Quv9gMHJGeodqyX23kg==",
+      "version": "4.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/libcipm/-/libcipm-4.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fTq33otU3PNXxxCTCYCYe7V96o59v/o7bvtspmbORXpgFk+wcWrGf5x6tBgui5gCed/45/wtPomBsZBYm5KbIw==",
       "requires": {
         "bin-links": "^1.1.2",
         "bluebird": "^3.5.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba164390e018e..344533c2cd7e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "is-cidr": "^3.0.0",
     "json-parse-better-errors": "^1.0.2",
     "lazy-property": "~1.0.0",
-    "libcipm": "^4.0.4",
+    "libcipm": "^4.0.7",
     "libnpm": "^3.0.1",
     "libnpmaccess": "^3.0.2",
     "libnpmhook": "^5.0.3",