diff --git a/scripts/installCommonDeps.sh b/scripts/installCommonDeps.sh
index 0675cbd38..df0df860a 100644
--- a/scripts/installCommonDeps.sh
+++ b/scripts/installCommonDeps.sh
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ install_node() {
 }
 
 install_node_tools() {
-  npm install -g --loglevel error node-gyp grunt-cli underscore jsdoc
+  npm install -g --loglevel error node-gyp@6.1.0 grunt-cli underscore jsdoc
   pushd ${ROOT} >/dev/null
   npm install nan@2.11.1
   pushd ${ROOT}/node_modules/nan >/dev/null