diff --git a/bin/cmd.js b/bin/cmd.js
index 1a63b19ac..ab4213753 100755
--- a/bin/cmd.js
+++ b/bin/cmd.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var JSONStream = require('JSONStream');
 var through = require('through2');
-var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp-classic');
 var path = require('path');
 
 var b = require('./args')(process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c61d005b1..28f8b4da8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "inherits": "~2.0.1",
     "insert-module-globals": "^7.0.0",
     "labeled-stream-splicer": "^2.0.0",
-    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
+    "mkdirp-classic": "^0.5.2",
     "module-deps": "^6.0.0",
     "os-browserify": "~0.3.0",
     "parents": "^1.0.1",