diff --git a/npm_install.py b/npm_install.py
index 684866b..6732647 100644
--- a/npm_install.py
+++ b/npm_install.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def download_extract_tar_gz(url: str, dest_dir: Path) -> Path:
         with tarfile.open(tf_path, "r:gz") as t:
             try:
                 t.extractall(dest_dir, filter="data")
-            except TypeError:
+            except (TypeError, tarfile.LinkOutsideDestinationError):
                 t.extractall(dest_dir)
             top = t.getmembers()[0].name.split("/")[0]
         os.unlink(tf_path)