diff --git a/.ncurc.json b/.ncurc.json
index 143586a7..a01419e9 100644
--- a/.ncurc.json
+++ b/.ncurc.json
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     "deep-eql",
     "everything above switched to ESM. We're not ready for that.",
     "eslint",
-    "eslint-why: they broke their own config format and now plugins seem to all be broken"
+    "eslint-why: they broke their own config format and now plugins seem to all be broken",
+    "rimraf",
+    "rimraf-why: 6.0 dropped node 18? WTF? 18 doesn't EOL until 2025-04-30!"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99f3640b..6f324a72 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "prettier-plugin-organize-imports": "^4.0.0",
     "progress": "^2.0.3",
-    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
+    "rimraf": "^4.4.0",
     "serve": "^14.2.3",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
     "tmp": "^0.2.3",