diff --git a/examples/packages/single-language/nodejs-project/default.nix b/examples/packages/single-language/nodejs-project/default.nix
index 8bfb0eab..cb745c1a 100644
--- a/examples/packages/single-language/nodejs-project/default.nix
+++ b/examples/packages/single-language/nodejs-project/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   system = config.deps.stdenv.system;
 in {
   imports = [
-    dream2nix.modules.dream2nix.nodejs-package-json
+    dream2nix.modules.dream2nix.nodejs-package-json-v3
     dream2nix.modules.dream2nix.nodejs-granular-v3
   ];
 
diff --git a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/default.nix b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e0fad70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  l = lib // builtins;
+  cfg = config.nodejs-package-json;
+
+  writers = import ../../../pkgs/writers {
+    inherit lib;
+    inherit
+      (config.deps)
+      bash
+      coreutils
+      gawk
+      path
+      writeScript
+      writeScriptBin
+      ;
+  };
+
+  npmArgs = l.concatStringsSep " " (map (arg: "'${arg}'") cfg.npmArgs);
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ./interface.nix
+    ../nodejs-package-lock-v3
+  ];
+  config = {
+    deps = {nixpkgs, ...}:
+      l.mapAttrs (_: l.mkDefault) {
+        inherit
+          (nixpkgs)
+          bash
+          coreutils
+          gawk
+          path
+          writeScript
+          writeScriptBin
+          ;
+        npm = nixpkgs.nodejs.pkgs.npm;
+      };
+
+    lock.fields.package-lock.script =
+      writers.writePureShellScript
+      [
+        config.deps.coreutils
+        config.deps.npm
+      ]
+      ''
+        source=${cfg.source}
+
+        pushd $TMPDIR
+
+        cp -r $source/* ./
+        chmod -R +w ./
+        rm -f package-lock.json
+        npm install --package-lock-only ${npmArgs}
+
+        mv package-lock.json $out
+
+        popd
+      '';
+
+    lock.invalidationData = {
+      packageJson = lib.importJSON (config.nodejs-package-json.source + /package.json);
+    };
+
+    nodejs-package-lock-v3 = {
+      packageLockFile = null;
+      packageLock = l.mkForce config.lock.content.package-lock;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/interface.nix b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/interface.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..191d9676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json-v3/interface.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  l = lib // builtins;
+  t = l.types;
+in {
+  imports = [
+    ../nodejs-package-lock-v3/interface.nix
+  ];
+  options.nodejs-package-json = l.mapAttrs (_: l.mkOption) {
+    source = {
+      type = t.either t.path t.package;
+      description = "Source of the package";
+      default = config.mkDerivation.src;
+      defaultText = "config.mkDerivation.src";
+    };
+    npmArgs = {
+      type = t.listOf t.str;
+      description = "extra arguments to pass to 'npm install'";
+      default = [];
+    };
+  };
+  options.deps = l.mapAttrs (_: l.mkOption) {
+    npm = {
+      type = t.package;
+      description = "The npm package used to build the lock file";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/default.nix b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/default.nix
index 1e0fad70..2c4a51a9 100644
--- a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/default.nix
+++ b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   l = lib // builtins;
   cfg = config.nodejs-package-json;
 
+  npm =
+    if l.versionOlder config.deps.npm.version "9"
+    then config.deps.npm
+    else throw "The version of config.deps.npm must be < 9";
+
   writers = import ../../../pkgs/writers {
     inherit lib;
     inherit
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@
 in {
   imports = [
     ./interface.nix
-    ../nodejs-package-lock-v3
+    ../nodejs-package-lock
   ];
   config = {
     deps = {nixpkgs, ...}:
@@ -37,14 +42,13 @@ in {
           writeScript
           writeScriptBin
           ;
-        npm = nixpkgs.nodejs.pkgs.npm;
       };
 
     lock.fields.package-lock.script =
       writers.writePureShellScript
       [
         config.deps.coreutils
-        config.deps.npm
+        npm
       ]
       ''
         source=${cfg.source}
@@ -61,11 +65,7 @@ in {
         popd
       '';
 
-    lock.invalidationData = {
-      packageJson = lib.importJSON (config.nodejs-package-json.source + /package.json);
-    };
-
-    nodejs-package-lock-v3 = {
+    nodejs-package-lock = {
       packageLockFile = null;
       packageLock = l.mkForce config.lock.content.package-lock;
     };
diff --git a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/interface.nix b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/interface.nix
index 191d9676..ee125be3 100644
--- a/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/interface.nix
+++ b/modules/dream2nix/nodejs-package-json/interface.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,13 @@
   t = l.types;
 in {
   imports = [
-    ../nodejs-package-lock-v3/interface.nix
+    ../nodejs-package-lock/interface.nix
   ];
   options.nodejs-package-json = l.mapAttrs (_: l.mkOption) {
     source = {
       type = t.either t.path t.package;
       description = "Source of the package";
       default = config.mkDerivation.src;
-      defaultText = "config.mkDerivation.src";
     };
     npmArgs = {
       type = t.listOf t.str;