diff --git a/bin/node-gyp.js b/bin/node-gyp.js
index c08f437a05..f8317b47b3 100755
--- a/bin/node-gyp.js
+++ b/bin/node-gyp.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 process.title = 'node-gyp'
 
-const { default: envPaths } = require('env-paths')
+const envPaths = require('env-paths')
 const gyp = require('../')
 const log = require('../lib/log')
 const os = require('os')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba483eae04..b574758c85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "bin": "./bin/node-gyp.js",
   "main": "./lib/node-gyp.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "env-paths": "^3.0.0",
+    "env-paths": "^2.2.0",
     "exponential-backoff": "^3.1.1",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.6",
     "make-fetch-happen": "^15.0.0",
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 66d8d0d162..489502d4dd 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { default: envPaths } = require('env-paths')
+const envPaths = require('env-paths')
 const semver = require('semver')
 
 module.exports.devDir = envPaths('node-gyp', { suffix: '' }).cache