diff --git a/lib/get-release-info.js b/lib/get-release-info.js
index 6955088a..dd3ef5f1 100644
--- a/lib/get-release-info.js
+++ b/lib/get-release-info.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = async (
   {cwd, env: {DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', ...env}},
   registry
 ) => {
-  const distTag = tag || (await execa.stdout('npm', ['config', 'get', 'tag'], {cwd, env})) || 'latest';
+  const distTag = tag || (await execa('npm', ['config', 'get', 'tag'], {cwd, env})).stdout || 'latest';
 
   return {
     name: `npm package (@${distTag} dist-tag)`,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65df1912..43a54b8a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@semantic-release/error": "^2.2.0",
     "aggregate-error": "^3.0.0",
-    "execa": "^1.0.0",
+    "execa": "^2.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "nerf-dart": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index 4a62da4f..8e278a48 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ test('Publish the package', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(result, {name: 'npm package (@latest dist-tag)', url: undefined});
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, '1.0.0');
   t.false(await pathExists(path.resolve(cwd, `${pkg.name}-1.0.0.tgz`)));
-  t.is(await execa.stdout('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv}), '1.0.0');
+  t.is((await execa('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv})).stdout, '1.0.0');
 });
 
 test('Publish the package on a dist-tag', async t => {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ test('Publish the package on a dist-tag', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(result, {name: 'npm package (@next dist-tag)', url: 'https://www.npmjs.com/package/publish-tag'});
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json'))).version, '1.0.0');
   t.false(await pathExists(path.resolve(cwd, `${pkg.name}-1.0.0.tgz`)));
-  t.is(await execa.stdout('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv}), '1.0.0');
+  t.is((await execa('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv})).stdout, '1.0.0');
 });
 
 test('Publish the package from a sub-directory', async t => {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ test('Publish the package from a sub-directory', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(result, {name: 'npm package (@latest dist-tag)', url: undefined});
   t.is((await readJson(path.resolve(cwd, 'dist/package.json'))).version, '1.0.0');
   t.false(await pathExists(path.resolve(cwd, `${pkg.name}-1.0.0.tgz`)));
-  t.is(await execa.stdout('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv}), '1.0.0');
+  t.is((await execa('npm', ['view', pkg.name, 'version'], {cwd, env: testEnv})).stdout, '1.0.0');
 });
 
 test('Create the package and skip publish ("npmPublish" is false)', async t => {
diff --git a/test/prepare.test.js b/test/prepare.test.js
index 3407357e..74d56890 100644
--- a/test/prepare.test.js
+++ b/test/prepare.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import test from 'ava';
-import {outputJson, readJson, outputFile, readFile, pathExists} from 'fs-extra';
+import {outputJson, readJson, outputFile, readFile, pathExists, appendFile} from 'fs-extra';
 import tempy from 'tempy';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import {stub} from 'sinon';
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test('Updade package.json and package-lock.json', async t => {
   const packagePath = path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json');
   const packageLockPath = path.resolve(cwd, 'package-lock.json');
   await outputJson(packagePath, {version: '0.0.0-dev'});
+  await appendFile(path.resolve(cwd, '.npmrc'), 'package-lock = true');
   // Create a package-lock.json file
   await execa('npm', ['install'], {cwd});
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ test('Updade package.json and package-lock.json in a sub-directory', async t =>
   const packagePath = path.resolve(cwd, pkgRoot, 'package.json');
   const packageLockPath = path.resolve(cwd, pkgRoot, 'package-lock.json');
   await outputJson(packagePath, {version: '0.0.0-dev'});
+  await appendFile(path.resolve(cwd, pkgRoot, '.npmrc'), 'package-lock = true');
   // Create a package-lock.json file
   await execa('npm', ['install'], {cwd: path.resolve(cwd, pkgRoot)});