diff --git a/resources/utils.ts b/resources/utils.ts
index 559947d58c..d94ad76b0f 100644
--- a/resources/utils.ts
+++ b/resources/utils.ts
@@ -33,41 +33,35 @@ interface NPMOptions extends SpawnOptions {
 }
 
 export function npm(options?: NPMOptions) {
-  const globalOptions = options?.quiet === true ? ['--quiet'] : [];
-
-  // `npm` points to an executable shell script; so it doesn't require a shell per se.
-  // On Windows `shell: true` is required or `npm` will be picked rather than `npm.cmd`.
-  // This could alternatively be handled by manually selecting `npm.cmd` on Windows.
-  // See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3675 and in particular
-  // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3675#issuecomment-308963807.
-  const npmOptions = { shell: true, ...options };
+  let npmCmd;
+  let globalOptions = options?.quiet === true ? ['--quiet'] : [];
+
+  // See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3675.
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    npmCmd = 'cmd';
+    globalOptions = ['/c', 'npm.cmd', ...globalOptions];
+  } else {
+    npmCmd = 'npm';
+  }
 
   return {
     run(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): void {
-      spawn('npm', [...globalOptions, 'run', ...args], npmOptions);
+      spawn(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'run', ...args], options);
     },
     install(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): void {
-      spawn('npm', [...globalOptions, 'install', ...args], npmOptions);
+      spawn(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'install', ...args], options);
     },
     ci(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): void {
-      spawn('npm', [...globalOptions, 'ci', ...args], npmOptions);
+      spawn(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'ci', ...args], options);
     },
     exec(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): void {
-      spawn('npm', [...globalOptions, 'exec', ...args], npmOptions);
+      spawn(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'exec', ...args], options);
     },
     pack(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): string {
-      return spawnOutput(
-        'npm',
-        [...globalOptions, 'pack', ...args],
-        npmOptions,
-      );
+      return spawnOutput(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'pack', ...args], options);
     },
     diff(...args: ReadonlyArray<string>): string {
-      return spawnOutput(
-        'npm',
-        [...globalOptions, 'diff', ...args],
-        npmOptions,
-      );
+      return spawnOutput(npmCmd, [...globalOptions, 'diff', ...args], options);
     },
   };
 }