diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
index 844380305d0fe3..9967d63f0c6e2c 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn-walk.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DEPS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/deps"
 . "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
 NEW_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" view acorn-walk dist-tags.latest)
-CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" --prefix './deps/acorn/acorn-walk/' pkg get version)
+CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" -p "require('./deps/acorn/acorn-walk/package.json').version")
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
 compare_dependency_version "acorn-walk" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CURRENT_VERSION"
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
index 6c0f54a5447100..52c6974505beb0 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-acorn.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DEPS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/deps"
 . "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
 NEW_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" view acorn dist-tags.latest)
-CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" --prefix './deps/acorn/acorn/' pkg get version)
+CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" -p "require('./deps/acorn/acorn/package.json').version")
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
 compare_dependency_version "acorn" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CURRENT_VERSION"
diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-minimatch.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-minimatch.sh
index 6be6bdc44a7f52..2e6fdd0c11890b 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-minimatch.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-minimatch.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ NPM="$DEPS_DIR/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
 . "$BASE_DIR/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh"
 
 NEW_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" view minimatch dist-tags.latest)
-CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" "$NPM" --prefix './deps/minimatch' pkg get version)
+CURRENT_VERSION=$("$NODE" -p "require('./deps/minimatch/package.json').version")
 
 # This function exit with 0 if new version and current version are the same
 compare_dependency_version "minimatch" "$NEW_VERSION" "$CURRENT_VERSION"