diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6748492014..66855599eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 gyp/test
 node_modules
 test/.node-gyp
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1efd78a2b..8d113bb246 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "request": "^2.87.0",
     "rimraf": "2",
     "semver": "~5.3.0",
-    "tar": "^4.4.8",
+    "tar": "4",
     "which": "1"
   },
   "engines": {