diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index edc482f3a34cb6e3f18d4aac6a0325affefcf981..b849c5792348dd2f6477e4f6874c0e5aeb8dfd54 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
     - sudo service mongod restart
     - lein deps
     - pip install awscli==1.7.3
+    - npm install -g npm@2.15.3
 database:
   post:
     # MySQL doesn't load named timezone information automatically, you have to run this command to load it
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 102bf4534116b447dd3eac5c4f4764a60e12c170..f644a6e14d2f38628352c94086bbc4abbec07608 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "license": "private",
   "engines": {
     "node": "4.4.3",
-    "npm": "2.15.1"
+    "npm": "2.15.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "ace-builds": "^1.2.2",