diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b38db7bc..a8e101f1b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ frontend-%: node_modules
 --frontend-test-watch: WATCH=--single-run false
 --frontend-test-watch: --frontend-test
 
-node_modules: package.json
+node_modules: .npmrc package.json
 	npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline
 
-#.npmrc:
-#	command gup .npmrc
+.npmrc:
+	command gup .npmrc
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: