diff --git a/debian/rake-tasks.sh b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
index d9c9ac4651..4f7daab645 100755
--- a/debian/rake-tasks.sh
+++ b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ chmod 0700 ${gitlab_data_dir}/.gitlab_shell_secret
 
 echo "Installing node modules..."
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'install -d /var/lib/gitlab/node_modules'
-runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'npm install npm'
+runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'npm install npm@5 ajv-keywords@2.1'
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'node_modules/.bin/npm install'
 
 echo "Precompiling locales..."