diff --git a/lib/auth/sso.js b/lib/auth/sso.js
index 9812a18cb99ca..621ead5d21b65 100644
--- a/lib/auth/sso.js
+++ b/lib/auth/sso.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const login = async (npm, { creds, registry, scope }) => {
     authType: ssoType,
   }
 
-  const { token, sso } = await otplease(opts,
+  const { token, sso } = await otplease(npm, opts,
     opts => profile.loginCouch(auth.username, auth.password, opts)
   )
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/access.js b/lib/commands/access.js
index bc8ce48bacdad..0a80da8ddd006 100644
--- a/lib/commands/access.js
+++ b/lib/commands/access.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Access extends BaseCommand {
 
   modifyPackage (pkg, opts, fn, requireScope = true) {
     return this.getPackage(pkg, requireScope)
-      .then(pkgName => otplease(opts, opts => fn(pkgName, opts)))
+      .then(pkgName => otplease(this.npm, opts, opts => fn(pkgName, opts)))
   }
 
   async getPackage (name, requireScope) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/deprecate.js b/lib/commands/deprecate.js
index 862c214dbe592..068bfdbcec717 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deprecate.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deprecate.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Deprecate extends BaseCommand {
         packument.versions[v].deprecated = msg
       })
 
-    return otplease(this.npm.flatOptions, opts => fetch(uri, {
+    return otplease(this.npm, this.npm.flatOptions, opts => fetch(uri, {
       ...opts,
       spec: p,
       method: 'PUT',
diff --git a/lib/commands/dist-tag.js b/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
index e74a3f1d435c9..8052e4f7e4e38 100644
--- a/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
+++ b/lib/commands/dist-tag.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DistTag extends BaseCommand {
       },
       spec,
     }
-    await otplease(reqOpts, reqOpts => regFetch(url, reqOpts))
+    await otplease(this.npm, reqOpts, reqOpts => regFetch(url, reqOpts))
     this.npm.output(`+${t}: ${spec.name}@${version}`)
   }
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class DistTag extends BaseCommand {
       method: 'DELETE',
       spec,
     }
-    await otplease(reqOpts, reqOpts => regFetch(url, reqOpts))
+    await otplease(this.npm, reqOpts, reqOpts => regFetch(url, reqOpts))
     this.npm.output(`-${tag}: ${spec.name}@${version}`)
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/commands/hook.js b/lib/commands/hook.js
index a4619802d8429..bb3a34b8d2d1b 100644
--- a/lib/commands/hook.js
+++ b/lib/commands/hook.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Hook extends BaseCommand {
   static ignoreImplicitWorkspace = true
 
   async exec (args) {
-    return otplease({
+    return otplease(this.npm, {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
     }, (opts) => {
       switch (args[0]) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/org.js b/lib/commands/org.js
index e2202a9e9cf3b..599b4b9c8758a 100644
--- a/lib/commands/org.js
+++ b/lib/commands/org.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   async exec ([cmd, orgname, username, role], cb) {
-    return otplease({
+    return otplease(this.npm, {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
     }, opts => {
       switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/owner.js b/lib/commands/owner.js
index 732bb40a30050..824b64e044ecf 100644
--- a/lib/commands/owner.js
+++ b/lib/commands/owner.js
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Owner extends BaseCommand {
 
     const dataPath = `/${spec.escapedName}/-rev/${encodeURIComponent(data._rev)}`
     try {
-      const res = await otplease(this.npm.flatOptions, opts => {
+      const res = await otplease(this.npm, this.npm.flatOptions, opts => {
         return npmFetch.json(dataPath, {
           ...opts,
           method: 'PUT',
diff --git a/lib/commands/profile.js b/lib/commands/profile.js
index fcf0eb7d53fa6..27060cf73a650 100644
--- a/lib/commands/profile.js
+++ b/lib/commands/profile.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class Profile extends BaseCommand {
 
     newUser[prop] = value
 
-    const result = await otplease(conf, conf => npmProfile.set(newUser, conf))
+    const result = await otplease(this.npm, conf, conf => npmProfile.set(newUser, conf))
 
     if (this.npm.config.get('json')) {
       this.npm.output(JSON.stringify({ [prop]: result[prop] }, null, 2))
diff --git a/lib/commands/publish.js b/lib/commands/publish.js
index 579f5d6e74e67..4310dba258d95 100644
--- a/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Publish extends BaseCommand {
     log.notice('', `Publishing to ${outputRegistry}${dryRun ? ' (dry-run)' : ''}`)
 
     if (!dryRun) {
-      await otplease(opts, opts => libpub(manifest, tarballData, opts))
+      await otplease(this.npm, opts, opts => libpub(manifest, tarballData, opts))
     }
 
     if (spec.type === 'directory' && !ignoreScripts) {
diff --git a/lib/commands/team.js b/lib/commands/team.js
index 640002456acad..2d4fc663715e4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/team.js
+++ b/lib/commands/team.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Team extends BaseCommand {
     // XXX: "description" option to libnpmteam is used as a description of the
     // team, but in npm's options, this is a boolean meaning "show the
     // description in npm search output".  Hence its being set to null here.
-    await otplease({ ...this.npm.flatOptions }, opts => {
+    await otplease(this.npm, { ...this.npm.flatOptions }, opts => {
       entity = entity.replace(/^@/, '')
       switch (cmd) {
         case 'create': return this.create(entity, opts)
diff --git a/lib/commands/token.js b/lib/commands/token.js
index edfb07b9d3a9a..cf3b8cbee53a4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/token.js
+++ b/lib/commands/token.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Token extends BaseCommand {
     })
     await Promise.all(
       toRemove.map(key => {
-        return otplease(conf, conf => {
+        return otplease(this.npm, conf, conf => {
           return profile.removeToken(key, conf)
         })
       })
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Token extends BaseCommand {
         const validCIDR = this.validateCIDRList(cidr)
         log.info('token', 'creating')
         return pulseTillDone.withPromise(
-          otplease(conf, conf => {
+          otplease(this.npm, conf, conf => {
             return profile.createToken(password, readonly, validCIDR, conf)
           })
         )
diff --git a/lib/commands/unpublish.js b/lib/commands/unpublish.js
index ab929d98cadfa..0e5ef3dc5e91d 100644
--- a/lib/commands/unpublish.js
+++ b/lib/commands/unpublish.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Unpublish extends BaseCommand {
     }
 
     if (!dryRun) {
-      await otplease(opts, opts => libunpub(spec, opts))
+      await otplease(this.npm, opts, opts => libunpub(spec, opts))
     }
     if (!silent) {
       this.npm.output(`- ${pkgName}${pkgVersion}`)
diff --git a/lib/utils/otplease.js b/lib/utils/otplease.js
index d8db8add9c4cc..790f74bd9704f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/otplease.js
+++ b/lib/utils/otplease.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-async function otplease (opts, fn) {
+async function otplease (npm, opts, fn) {
   try {
     return await fn(opts)
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/otplease.js b/test/lib/utils/otplease.js
index 025084ab4f2c5..de85fc6c5914e 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/otplease.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/otplease.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const otplease = t.mock('../../../lib/utils/otplease.js', {
 
 t.test('returns function results on success', async (t) => {
   const fn = () => 'test string'
-  const result = await otplease({}, fn)
+  const result = await otplease(null, {}, fn)
   t.equal('test string', result)
 })
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ t.test('returns function results on otp success', async (t) => {
     }
     throw Object.assign(new Error('nope'), { code: 'EOTP' })
   }
-  const result = await otplease({}, fn)
+  const result = await otplease(null, {}, fn)
   t.equal('success', result)
 })
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ t.test('prompts for otp for EOTP', async (t) => {
     t.end()
   }
 
-  await otplease({ some: 'prop' }, fn)
+  await otplease(null, { some: 'prop' }, fn)
 })
 
 t.test('prompts for otp for 401', async (t) => {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ t.test('prompts for otp for 401', async (t) => {
     t.end()
   }
 
-  await otplease({ some: 'prop' }, fn)
+  await otplease(null, { some: 'prop' }, fn)
 })
 
 t.test('does not prompt for non-otp errors', async (t) => {
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ t.test('does not prompt for non-otp errors', async (t) => {
     throw new Error('nope')
   }
 
-  t.rejects(otplease({ some: 'prop' }, fn), { message: 'nope' }, 'rejects with the original error')
+  t.rejects(
+    otplease(null, { some: 'prop' }, fn),
+    { message: 'nope' },
+    'rejects with the original error'
+  )
 })
 
 t.test('does not prompt if stdin or stdout is not a tty', async (t) => {
@@ -112,5 +116,9 @@ t.test('does not prompt if stdin or stdout is not a tty', async (t) => {
     throw Object.assign(new Error('nope'), { code: 'EOTP' })
   }
 
-  t.rejects(otplease({ some: 'prop' }, fn), { message: 'nope' }, 'rejects with the original error')
+  t.rejects(
+    otplease(null, { some: 'prop' }, fn),
+    { message: 'nope' },
+    'rejects with the original error'
+  )
 })