diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1680a0cca..e65bc925a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           key: dependency-cache-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
       - run:
           name: Update NPM
-          command: npm update -g npm
+          command: sudo npm update -g npm
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: npm install