diff --git a/src/init/init-npm.js b/src/init/init-npm.js
index 219d85a2f3..b75b4215d1 100644
--- a/src/init/init-npm.js
+++ b/src/init/init-npm.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import asyncOra from '../util/ora-handler';
 
 const d = debug('electron-forge:init:npm');
 
-export const deps = ['electron-compile'];
+// FIXME remove electron-compilers entry when >= 5.3.0 is fixed
+export const deps = ['electron-compile', 'electron-compilers@5.2.5'];
 export const devDeps = ['babel-preset-env', 'babel-preset-react', 'babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator'];
 export const exactDevDeps = ['electron-prebuilt-compile'];
 export const standardDeps = ['standard'];