diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b66d786651..48732d32c97 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "diff": "^4.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.3",
-    "needle": "^2.5.0",
+    "needle": "2.5.0",
     "open": "^7.0.3",
     "os-name": "^3.0.0",
     "proxy-agent": "^3.1.1",