diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 617dd8663..84b0e9591 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ function place_binary(uri, targetDir, opts, callback) {
                     process.env.npm_config_proxy;
   let agent;
   if (proxyUrl) {
-    const ProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent');
-    agent = new ProxyAgent(proxyUrl);
+    const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
+    agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyUrl);
     log.http('download', 'proxy agent configured using: "%s"', proxyUrl);
   }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index de1615f74..94ae794b9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "detect-libc": "^2.0.0",
-        "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.5",
         "make-dir": "^3.1.0",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
         "nopt": "^7.2.1",
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@
       "version": "6.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-6.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-RZNwNclF7+MS/8bDg70amg32dyeZGZxiDuQmZxKLAlQjr3jGyLx+4Kkk58UO7D2QdgFIQCovuSuZESne6RG6XQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "debug": "4"
@@ -3364,16 +3365,28 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
-      "version": "5.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dFcAjpTQFgoLMzC2VwU+C/CbS7uRL0lWmxDITmqm7C+7F0Odmj6s9l6alZc6AELXhrnggM2CeWSXHGOdX2YtwA==",
+      "version": "7.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1e4Wqeblerz+tMKPIq2EMGiiWW1dIjZOksyHWSUm1rmuvw/how9hBHZ38lAGj5ID4Ik6EdkOw7NmWPy6LAwalw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "agent-base": "6",
+        "agent-base": "^7.0.2",
         "debug": "4"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6"
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/https-proxy-agent/node_modules/agent-base": {
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-H0TSyFNDMomMNJQBn8wFV5YC/2eJ+VXECwOadZJT554xP6cODZHPX3H9QMQECxvrgiSOP1pHjy1sMWQVYJOUOA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": "^4.3.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ieee754": {
@@ -5882,6 +5895,20 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/teeny-request/node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
+      "version": "5.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dFcAjpTQFgoLMzC2VwU+C/CbS7uRL0lWmxDITmqm7C+7F0Odmj6s9l6alZc6AELXhrnggM2CeWSXHGOdX2YtwA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "agent-base": "6",
+        "debug": "4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/test-exclude": {
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/test-exclude/-/test-exclude-6.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d5d1a987..95199c18c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "detect-libc": "^2.0.0",
-    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.5",
     "make-dir": "^3.1.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "nopt": "^7.2.1",
diff --git a/test/proxy-bcrypt.test.js b/test/proxy-bcrypt.test.js
index b13818ed0..72c43c4aa 100644
--- a/test/proxy-bcrypt.test.js
+++ b/test/proxy-bcrypt.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { createUnzip } = require('zlib');
 const os = require('os');
 
 const tar = require('tar-fs');
-const Agent = require('https-proxy-agent');
+const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 const { rimraf } = require('rimraf');
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test('setup proxy server', (t) => {
   proxy.startServer({ port: proxyPort });
   process.env.https_proxy = process.env.http_proxy = proxyServer;
 
-  options.agent = new Agent(proxyServer);
+  options.agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyServer);
 
   // make sure the download directory deleted then create an empty one
   rimraf(downloadDir).then(() => {