How to Update NPM on Windows 10

The NPM team officially recommends this method of updating Node. (source below)

Let’s begin.

First, open PowerShell as administrator and run the following command.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force
npm install -g npm-windows-upgrade
npm-windows-upgrade

You will be prompted to select a version of NPM to install. Use arrow keys to move up and down and choose the version you want to update to and press Enter.

If your upgrade is successful, you should see something like this.

Source

• https://github.com/npm/npm/wiki/Troubleshooting#upgrading-on-windows