diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
index 55a5bf262fb09..3eb1183e0577c 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "npmlog": "^7.0.1",
     "pacote": "^17.0.4",
     "proc-log": "^3.0.0",
-    "read": "^2.0.0",
+    "read": "^3.0.1",
     "read-package-json-fast": "^3.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.7",
     "walk-up-path": "^3.0.1"