diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 656f6e0..c0f0cf0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "moment-parseplus": "^2.0.3",
     "moonbeam-types-bundle": "^2.0.9",
+    "node-fetch": "2",
     "p-map": "^4.0.0",
     "p-queue": "^6.6.2",
     "pg": "^8.8.0",
diff --git a/src/tools/run-moonbeam-fork.ts b/src/tools/run-moonbeam-fork.ts
index 260a02c..af17a01 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-moonbeam-fork.ts
+++ b/src/tools/run-moonbeam-fork.ts
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ const main = async () => {
   let polkadotVersion: string;
   let polkadotBinaryPath: string;
   if (!argv.dev) {
-    const polkadotReleases = await (
+    const polkadotReleases = (await (
       await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/paritytech/polkadot/releases")
-    ).json();
+    ).json()) as any;
 
     const latestPolkadotVersion = polkadotReleases.find((release: any) =>
       release.assets.find((asset: any) => asset.name === "polkadot")
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ const main = async () => {
     process.stdout.write(` ${chalk.green(polkadotVersion.trim())} ✓\n`);
   }
 
-  const moonbeamReleases = await (
+  const moonbeamReleases = (await (
     await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/purestake/moonbeam/releases")
-  ).json();
+  ).json()) as any;
 
   const latestMoonbeamVersion = semver.valid(
     semver.coerce(