diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9ca299f..8445f583 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.8.1",
     "glob": "^5.0.14",
     "request": "=2.81.0",
-    "node-gyp": "~v10.3.1",
+    "node-gyp": "~12.1.0",
     "readable-stream": "^2.1.4",
     "tap": "~0.7.1",
     "xtend": "~4.0.0"