diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index d7cba1061789bd1ae2f8a7335052b67d8c58dba4..6e9bca9d74c78afabe218c81121f2e822ac86615 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   pre:
     - bash bin/install-yarn.sh
     - yarn --version
+    - npm i -g npm@5
   override:
     - yarn install --frozen-lockfile
   cache_directories: