diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
index 0a547002f3..66ee3f7c80 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/SnapController.ts
@@ -1516,6 +1516,7 @@ export class SnapController extends BaseController<
               versionRange: resolvedVersion,
               fetch: this.#fetchFunction,
               allowLocal: false,
+              useNpmProxy: true,
             });
 
             await this.#updateSnap({
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
index 237d35e58f..9aeedcfd0a 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/snaps/location/npm.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import type { DetectSnapLocationOptions, SnapLocation } from './location';
 
 export const DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY = new URL('https://registry.npmjs.org');
 
+export const NPM_REGISTRY_PROXY = new URL('https://npm-ota.api.cx.metamask.io');
+
 type NpmMeta = {
   registry: URL;
   packageName: string;
@@ -48,6 +50,12 @@ export type NpmOptions = {
    * @default false
    */
   allowCustomRegistries?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether to use a MetaMask-owned proxy when sending requests to NPM.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  useNpmProxy?: boolean;
 };
 
 // Base class for NPM implementation, useful for extending with custom NPM fetching logic
@@ -74,7 +82,7 @@ export abstract class BaseNpmLocation implements SnapLocation {
       url.username === '' &&
       url.password === ''
     ) {
-      registry = DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY;
+      registry = opts.useNpmProxy ? NPM_REGISTRY_PROXY : DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY;
     } else {
       registry = 'https://';
       if (url.username) {
@@ -341,7 +349,11 @@ export function getNpmCanonicalBasePath(registryUrl: URL, packageName: string) {
  * @returns True if the registry is the NPM registry, otherwise false.
  */
 function isNPM(registryUrl: URL) {
-  return registryUrl.toString() === DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY.toString();
+  const registryUrlString = registryUrl.toString();
+  return (
+    registryUrlString === DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY.toString() ||
+    registryUrlString === NPM_REGISTRY_PROXY.toString()
+  );
 }
 
 /**