diff --git a/smp-angular/pom.xml b/smp-angular/pom.xml
index 856730b6b0ee2ba2c7a9aefbe5c26e26215b42b8..15c12e0eb743127cc23b7e866bfd34ad162baee2 100644
--- a/smp-angular/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-angular/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <node.version>v18.18.2</node.version>
-    <npm.version>9.8.1</npm.version>
+    <npm.version>8.19.4</npm.version>
 
     <!--
     set variable to force use of pre-installed npm-->