diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2ed24309883..b5f57698c8c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": "20",
-				"npm": ">=10"
+				"npm": ">=9"
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cfca8e15482..71f536391d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	"bugs": {},
 	"engines": {
 		"node": "20",
-		"npm": ">=10"
+		"npm": ">=9"
 	},
 	"mikro-orm": {
 		"useTsNode": true,