diff --git a/deps/npm/package.json b/deps/npm/package.json
index ad5800a1058865..7bec0c2edb8747 100644
--- a/deps/npm/package.json
+++ b/deps/npm/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "spdx-expression-parse": "^4.0.0",
     "ssri": "^12.0.0",
     "supports-color": "^10.0.0",
-    "tar": "^6.2.1",
+    "tar": "^7.4.3",
     "text-table": "~0.2.0",
     "tiny-relative-date": "^1.3.0",
     "treeverse": "^3.0.0",