diff --git a/packages/cp-frontend/Dockerfile b/packages/cp-frontend/Dockerfile
index e415f0d9..96f99d04 100644
--- a/packages/cp-frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/cp-frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ FROM quay.io/yldio/alpine-node-containerpilot:latest
 
 ENV CONTAINERPILOT /etc/containerpilot.json5
 
-RUN yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
+RUN npm install -g npm@^4 \
+ && yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean --yes --scope joyent-cp-frontend --include-filtered-dependencies \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna bootstrap --scope joyent-cp-frontend --include-filtered-dependencies
 
diff --git a/packages/cp-gql-mock-server/Dockerfile b/packages/cp-gql-mock-server/Dockerfile
index f210a6b7..553160d5 100644
--- a/packages/cp-gql-mock-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/cp-gql-mock-server/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ FROM quay.io/yldio/alpine-node-containerpilot:latest
 
 ENV CONTAINERPILOT /etc/containerpilot.json5
 
-RUN yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
+RUN npm install -g npm@^4 \
+ && yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean --yes --scope joyent-cp-gql-mock-server --include-filtered-dependencies \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna bootstrap --scope joyent-cp-gql-mock-server --include-filtered-dependencies
 
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile b/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile
index a3bf6838..336e71ed 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/portal-api/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ RUN set -x \
  && apk add curl bash build-base python zeromq-dev \
  && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
-RUN yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 \
+RUN npm install -g npm@^4 \
+ && yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean --yes --scope portal-api --include-filtered-dependencies \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna bootstrap --scope portal-api --include-filtered-dependencies
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-toolkit/Dockerfile b/packages/ui-toolkit/Dockerfile
index 4f8ca206..08685b87 100644
--- a/packages/ui-toolkit/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/ui-toolkit/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ FROM quay.io/yldio/alpine-node-containerpilot:latest
 
 ENV CONTAINERPILOT /etc/containerpilot.json5
 
-RUN yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
+RUN npm install -g npm@^4 \
+ && yarn add lerna@^2.0.0-rc.5 serve \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna clean --yes --scope joyent-ui-toolkit --include-filtered-dependencies \
  && ./node_modules/.bin/lerna bootstrap --scope joyent-ui-toolkit --include-filtered-dependencies