diff --git a/Formula/node.rb b/Formula/node.rb
index 7381957ed0..94f8087634 100644
--- a/Formula/node.rb
+++ b/Formula/node.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class Node < Formula
   end
 
   resource "npm" do
-    url "http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.23.tgz"
-    sha1 "3888d9f7168eb0e3371cb8bfa3968b1906441717"
+    url "http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.9.tgz"
+    sha1 "29094f675dad69fc5ea24960a81c7abbfca5ce01"
   end
 
   def install