diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 67f1dd1a..932e7ea1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ stages:
   - release
 
 node_js:
-  - 'node'
   - 'lts/*'
+  - 'node'
 
 os:
   - linux
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ os:
 before_install:
   # prevents windows error: npm ERR! ... git-sh-setup: file not found
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "windows" ]; then export PATH=/c/PROGRA~1/Git/usr/bin:/c/PROGRA~1/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core:$PATH ; fi
+  # workspaces require npm 7 or above
+  - npm install -g npm@latest
 
 script: npx nyc -s npm run test -- -- -- -t node --bail
 after_success: npx nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && npx codecov
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12cbaffa..482ef390 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "JS implementation of the IPFS UnixFS",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "lerna bootstrap",
     "reset": "lerna run clean && rm -rf packages/*/node_modules node_modules",
     "test": "lerna run test",
     "coverage": "lerna run coverage",
@@ -47,5 +46,11 @@
     "Diogo Silva <fsdiogo@gmail.com>",
     "jbenet <juan@benet.ai>",
     "Bernard Mordan <bernard@tableflip.io>"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "workspaces": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "npm": ">=7.0.0"
+  }
 }