diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ccf6c39be..90cb38612 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ node_modules/
 yarn-error.log
 /hak/**/*.js
 /scripts/hak/**/*.js
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7724057d..cfad8f6d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
         "@types/minimist": "^1.2.1",
         "@types/node": "18.19.59",
         "@types/pacote": "^11.1.1",
-        "@types/tar": "^6.1.3",
         "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.0.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.0.0",
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@
         "pacote": "^20.0.0",
         "prettier": "^3.0.0",
         "rimraf": "^6.0.0",
-        "tar": "^6.2.1",
+        "tar": "^7.0.0",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
         "typescript": "5.5.4"
     },
diff --git a/scripts/fetch-package.ts b/scripts/fetch-package.ts
index e32dcbba8..087533db8 100644
--- a/scripts/fetch-package.ts
+++ b/scripts/fetch-package.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import * as path from "path";
 import { createWriteStream, promises as fs } from "fs";
 import * as childProcess from "child_process";
-import tar from "tar";
+import * as tar from "tar";
 import * as asar from "@electron/asar";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 import { promises as stream } from "stream";
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 550a4c169..32cc65c82 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2124,14 +2124,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/tar@^6.1.3":
-  version "6.1.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tar/-/tar-6.1.13.tgz#9b5801c02175344101b4b91086ab2bbc8e93a9b6"
-  integrity sha512-IznnlmU5f4WcGTh2ltRu/Ijpmk8wiWXfF0VA4s+HPjHZgvFggk1YaIkbo5krX/zUCzWF8N/l4+W/LNxnvAJ8nw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-    minipass "^4.0.0"
-
 "@types/verror@^1.10.3":
   version "1.10.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/verror/-/verror-1.10.10.tgz#d5a4b56abac169bfbc8b23d291363a682e6fa087"
@@ -5327,11 +5319,6 @@ minipass@^3.0.0, minipass@^3.1.1, minipass@^3.1.6:
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
-minipass@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.2.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minipass/-/minipass-4.2.8.tgz#f0010f64393ecfc1d1ccb5f582bcaf45f48e1a3a"
-  integrity sha512-fNzuVyifolSLFL4NzpF+wEF4qrgqaaKX0haXPQEdQ7NKAN+WecoKMHV09YcuL/DHxrUsYQOK3MiuDf7Ip2OXfQ==
-
 minipass@^5.0.0:
   version "5.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minipass/-/minipass-5.0.0.tgz#3e9788ffb90b694a5d0ec94479a45b5d8738133d"
@@ -6833,7 +6820,7 @@ tar@^6.0.5, tar@^6.1.11, tar@^6.1.12, tar@^6.1.2, tar@^6.2.1:
     mkdirp "^1.0.3"
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
-tar@^7.4.3:
+tar@^7.0.0, tar@^7.4.3:
   version "7.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-7.4.3.tgz#88bbe9286a3fcd900e94592cda7a22b192e80571"
   integrity sha512-5S7Va8hKfV7W5U6g3aYxXmlPoZVAwUMy9AOKyF2fVuZa2UD3qZjg578OrLRt8PcNN1PleVaL/5/yYATNL0ICUw==