diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 887b4a1896693..421cb2588b7fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "mississippi": "^3.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.5",
     "move-concurrently": "^1.0.1",
-    "node-gyp": "^5.1.1",
+    "node-gyp": "^8.0.0",
     "nopt": "~4.0.3",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.5.0",
     "npm-audit-report": "^1.3.3",