diff --git a/mailpoet/.npmrc b/mailpoet/.npmrc
index b6f27f1359..d357892151 100644
--- a/mailpoet/.npmrc
+++ b/mailpoet/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-engine-strict=true
+# we can set this back to "true" once @woocommerce/components have less restrictive definitions
+engine-strict=false