diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0bf9891c0..1680a0cca 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           at: ~/coralproject/talk
       - restore_cache:
           key: dependency-cache-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
+      - run:
+          name: Update NPM
+          command: npm update -g npm
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: npm install