diff --git a/lib/grunt/utils.js b/lib/grunt/utils.js
index 02cdeab97..952768da7 100644
--- a/lib/grunt/utils.js
+++ b/lib/grunt/utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var shell = require('shelljs');
 var grunt = require('grunt');
-var spawn = require('cross-spawn');
+var spawn = require('npm-run').spawn;
 
 var CSP_CSS_HEADER = '/* Include this file in your html if you are using the CSP mode. */\n\n';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
     var reporters = grunt.option('reporters');
     var noColor = grunt.option('no-colors');
     var port = grunt.option('port');
-    var p = spawn('./node_modules/.bin/karma', ['start', config,
+    var p = spawn('karma', ['start', config,
       singleRun ? '--single-run=true' : '',
       reporters ? '--reporters=' + reporters : '',
       browsers ? '--browsers=' + browsers : '',
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
       done();
       return;
     }
-    var p = spawn('./node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager', ['update']);
+    var p = spawn('webdriver-manager', ['update']);
     p.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
     p.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
     p.on('exit', function(code) {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
 
 
-    var p = spawn('./node_modules/.bin/protractor', args);
+    var p = spawn('protractor', args);
     p.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
     p.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
     p.on('exit', function(code) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2c484800..beac2859b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "log4js": "^0.6.27",
     "marked": "~0.3.0",
     "node-html-encoder": "0.0.2",
+    "npm-run": "^4.1.0",
     "promises-aplus-tests": "~2.1.0",
     "protractor": "^4.0.10",
     "q": "~1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4073d66ac..e6ae90ce6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1660,11 +1660,7 @@ domain-browser@~1.1.0:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domain-browser/-/domain-browser-1.1.7.tgz#867aa4b093faa05f1de08c06f4d7b21fdf8698bc"
 
-domelementtype@1:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domelementtype/-/domelementtype-1.3.0.tgz#b17aed82e8ab59e52dd9c19b1756e0fc187204c2"
-
-domelementtype@~1.1.1:
+domelementtype@1, domelementtype@~1.1.1:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domelementtype/-/domelementtype-1.1.3.tgz#bd28773e2642881aec51544924299c5cd822185b"
 
@@ -2449,16 +2445,7 @@ glob@7.0.5, glob@^7.0.0, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@~7.0.0:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
-glob@^4.0.5, glob@~4.0.2:
-  version "4.0.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-4.0.6.tgz#695c50bdd4e2fb5c5d370b091f388d3707e291a7"
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^3.0.2"
-    inherits "2"
-    minimatch "^1.0.0"
-    once "^1.3.0"
-
-glob@^4.3.1, glob@~4.3.0:
+glob@^4.0.5, glob@^4.3.1, glob@~4.3.0:
   version "4.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-4.3.5.tgz#80fbb08ca540f238acce5d11d1e9bc41e75173d3"
   dependencies:
@@ -2506,6 +2493,15 @@ glob@~3.1.21:
     inherits "1"
     minimatch "~0.2.11"
 
+glob@~4.0.2:
+  version "4.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-4.0.6.tgz#695c50bdd4e2fb5c5d370b091f388d3707e291a7"
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^3.0.2"
+    inherits "2"
+    minimatch "^1.0.0"
+    once "^1.3.0"
+
 global-modules@^0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-modules/-/global-modules-0.2.3.tgz#ea5a3bed42c6d6ce995a4f8a1269b5dae223828d"
@@ -5069,8 +5065,8 @@ read@~1.0.4:
     mute-stream "~0.0.4"
 
 readable-stream@1.1, "readable-stream@>=1.1.13-1 <1.2.0-0", readable-stream@^1.0.27-1, readable-stream@^1.0.33-1, readable-stream@^1.1.13, readable-stream@^1.1.13-1, readable-stream@~1.1.8, readable-stream@~1.1.9:
-  version "1.1.14"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.1.14.tgz#7cf4c54ef648e3813084c636dd2079e166c081d9"
+  version "1.1.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.1.13.tgz#f6eef764f514c89e2b9e23146a75ba106756d23e"
   dependencies:
     core-util-is "~1.0.0"
     inherits "~2.0.1"