diff --git a/lib/utils/reify-finish.js b/lib/utils/reify-finish.js
index 76dba06cb570c..9c95e9fcff24e 100644
--- a/lib/utils/reify-finish.js
+++ b/lib/utils/reify-finish.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const reifyOutput = require('./reify-output.js')
 const npm = require('../npm.js')
 const ini = require('ini')
-const {writeFile} = require('fs').promises
+const util = require('util')
+const fs = require('fs')
+const { writeFile } = fs.promises || { writeFile: util.promisify(fs.writeFile) }
 const {resolve} = require('path')
 
 const reifyFinish = async arb => {