diff --git a/lib/datasource/npm.js b/lib/datasource/npm.js
index 31a956dae162cf69570a4f299fa176e450842366..27ac1b83d7262825be45c6918b8e3c7e1e6ae5cc 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/npm.js
+++ b/lib/datasource/npm.js
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ async function getDependency(name, retries = 5) {
           `gist.${parsedEndpoint.hostname}`
         );
       }
-
+      // Massage www out of github URL
+      res.repository.url = res.repository.url.replace(
+        'www.github.com',
+        'github.com'
+      );
       repositoryUrl = parse(res.repository.url, { extraBaseUrls });
     }
     if (!repositoryUrl) {