diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b0b6465..e1c37dfd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "abstract-leveldown": "~6.2.1",
     "napi-macros": "~2.0.0",
-    "node-gyp-build": "~4.1.0"
+    "node-gyp-build": "~4.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "async-each": "^1.0.3",