diff --git a/Dockerfile.node-deb b/Dockerfile.node-deb
index c545b5d..8d9e32b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.node-deb
+++ b/Dockerfile.node-deb
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ COPY apt/99ca /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99ca
 COPY apt/debian.sources /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
 
 COPY node/npmrc /usr/local/etc/npmrc
+
+RUN npm install -g npm@latest
diff --git a/node/npmrc b/node/npmrc
index 295e4a3..8548b4e 100644
--- a/node/npmrc
+++ b/node/npmrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 registry=https://repo.nstart.local/repository/npm-group/
 strict-ssl=true
 cafile=/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/nstart.local.crt
+min-release-age=7