diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index aebdb4d80..391521081 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           command: ./deploy/ci-install-s3deploy.sh
       - run:
           name: Install NPM dependencies
-          command: npm i -g postcss-cli autoprefixer redoc-cli
+          command: sudo npm i -g postcss-cli autoprefixer redoc-cli
       - run:
           name: Generate API documentation
           command: cd api-docs && bash generate-api-docs.sh