diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index b1db09c4ff..de43c176a1 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
   - [PR(`meetup`) #8321](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/8321)
   - [PR(`weibo`) #8302](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/8302)
 
+* The `npm` npm package is still at version 4.1.2 (as it was when Meteor
+  1.4.3 was originally published), even though `npm` was downgraded to
+  3.10.9 in Meteor 1.4.2.7.
+
 * The `meteor-babel` npm package has been upgraded to version 0.14.3,
   fixing [#8021](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/8021) and
   [#7662](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/7662).
diff --git a/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh b/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
index 9ebde6fcdd..5a77335dc0 100644
--- a/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ UNAME=$(uname)
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 MONGO_VERSION=3.2.6
 NODE_VERSION=4.7.3
-NPM_VERSION=3.10.9
+NPM_VERSION=4.1.2
 
 if [ "$UNAME" == "Linux" ] ; then
     if [ "$ARCH" != "i686" -a "$ARCH" != "x86_64" ] ; then
diff --git a/scripts/dev-bundle-tool-package.js b/scripts/dev-bundle-tool-package.js
index 80319c7fde..e737c461bc 100644
--- a/scripts/dev-bundle-tool-package.js
+++ b/scripts/dev-bundle-tool-package.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var packageJson = {
   dependencies: {
     // Explicit dependency because we are replacing it with a bundled version
     // and we want to make sure there are no dependencies on a higher version
-    npm: "3.10.9",
+    npm: "4.1.2",
     "node-gyp": "3.4.0",
     "node-pre-gyp": "0.6.30",
     "meteor-babel": "0.14.3",
diff --git a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1 b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
index b7ee30f705..9f5585b798 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
+++ b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 $PLATFORM = "windows_x86"
 $MONGO_VERSION = "3.2.6"
 $NODE_VERSION = "4.7.3"
-$NPM_VERSION = "3.10.9"
+$NPM_VERSION = "4.1.2"
 $PYTHON_VERSION = "2.7.12" # For node-gyp
 
 # take it form the environment if exists