diff --git a/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js b/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
index bdb0605c..3c5acb83 100644
--- a/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
+++ b/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = async () => {
     ? `@${semantic_version}`
     : '';
 
-  const {stdout, stderr} = await exec(`npm install semantic-release${versionSuffix} --silent`, {
+  const {stdout, stderr} = await exec(`npm install semantic-release${versionSuffix} --no-audit --silent`, {
     cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   });
   core.debug(stdout);
diff --git a/src/preInstall.task.js b/src/preInstall.task.js
index 60caadc7..7384ae37 100644
--- a/src/preInstall.task.js
+++ b/src/preInstall.task.js
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ module.exports = async extras => {
   }
 
   const _extras = extras.replace(/['"]/g, '').replace(/[\n\r]/g, ' ');
-  const silentFlag = process.env.RUNNER_DEBUG == '1' ? '' : '--silent';
+  const silentFlag = process.env.RUNNER_DEBUG === '1' ? '' : '--silent';
 
-  const { stdout, stderr } = await exec(`npm install ${_extras} ${silentFlag}`, {
+  const { stdout, stderr } = await exec(`npm install ${_extras} --no-audit ${silentFlag}`, {
     cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   });
   core.debug(stdout);