diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 18f9e49..9e99786 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -566,6 +566,19 @@
             "strip-json-comments": "2.0.1",
             "table": "4.0.2",
             "text-table": "0.2.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "cross-spawn": {
+              "version": "5.1.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+              "dev": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+                "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+                "which": "1.3.0"
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
         "eslint-find-rules": {
@@ -5077,6 +5090,17 @@
         "is-windows": "1.0.2"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "cross-spawn": {
+          "version": "5.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+            "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+            "which": "1.3.0"
+          }
+        },
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           "version": "1.0.2",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-windows/-/is-windows-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -5086,14 +5110,22 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "6.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-6.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eTVLrBSt7fjbDygz805pMnstIs2VTBNkRm0qxZd+M7A5XDdxVRWO5MxGBXZhjY4cqLYLdtrGqRf8mBPmzwSpWQ==",
       "requires": {
-        "lru-cache": "4.1.1",
+        "nice-try": "1.0.4",
+        "path-key": "2.0.1",
+        "semver": "5.5.0",
         "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
         "which": "1.3.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.5.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-4SJ3dm0WAwWy/NVeioZh5AntkdJoWKxHxcmyP622fOkgHa4z3R0TdBJICINyaSDE6uNwVc8gZr+ZinwZAH4xIA=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "cryptiles": {
@@ -5489,6 +5521,19 @@
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             "signal-exit": "3.0.2",
             "strip-eof": "1.0.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "cross-spawn": {
+              "version": "5.1.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+              "dev": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+                "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+                "which": "1.3.0"
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -5682,6 +5727,17 @@
             }
           }
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+        "cross-spawn": {
+          "version": "5.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+            "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+            "which": "1.3.0"
+          }
+        },
         "espree": {
           "version": "3.5.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/espree/-/espree-3.5.4.tgz",
@@ -5969,6 +6025,19 @@
         "p-finally": "1.0.0",
         "signal-exit": "3.0.2",
         "strip-eof": "1.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cross-spawn": {
+          "version": "5.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+            "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+            "which": "1.3.0"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "exit": {
@@ -8495,8 +8564,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isexe/-/isexe-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6PvzdNxVb/iUehDcsFctYz8s+hA=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-6PvzdNxVb/iUehDcsFctYz8s+hA="
     },
     "isobject": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
@@ -9693,6 +9761,19 @@
             "p-finally": "1.0.0",
             "signal-exit": "3.0.2",
             "strip-eof": "1.0.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "cross-spawn": {
+              "version": "5.1.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+              "dev": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+                "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+                "which": "1.3.0"
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
         "expand-brackets": {
@@ -10475,9 +10556,9 @@
       }
     },
     "lru-cache": {
-      "version": "4.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-q4spe4KTfsAS1SUHLO0wz8Qiyf1+vMIAgpRYioFYDMNqKfHQbg+AVDH3i4fvpl71/P1L0dBl+fQi+P37UYf0ew==",
+      "version": "4.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wgeVXhrDwAWnIF/yZARsFnMBtdFXOg1b8RIrhilp+0iDYN4mdQcNZElDZ0e4B64BhaxeQ5zN7PMyvu7we1kPeQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "pseudomap": "1.0.2",
@@ -10821,8 +10902,7 @@
     "nice-try": {
       "version": "1.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nice-try/-/nice-try-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2NpiFHqC87y/zFke0fC0spBXL3bBsoh/p5H1EFhshxjCR5+0g2d6BiXbUFz9v1sAcxsk2htp2eQnNIci2dIYcA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-2NpiFHqC87y/zFke0fC0spBXL3bBsoh/p5H1EFhshxjCR5+0g2d6BiXbUFz9v1sAcxsk2htp2eQnNIci2dIYcA=="
     },
     "node-emoji": {
       "version": "1.8.1",
@@ -10928,6 +11008,17 @@
         "string.prototype.padend": "3.0.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "cross-spawn": {
+          "version": "5.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-6L0O/uWPz/b4+UUQoKVUu/ojVEk=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "4.1.2",
+            "shebang-command": "1.2.0",
+            "which": "1.3.0"
+          }
+        },
         "load-json-file": {
           "version": "4.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/load-json-file/-/load-json-file-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11452,8 +11543,7 @@
     "path-key": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-key/-/path-key-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-QRyttXTFoUDTpLGRDUDYDMn0C0A=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-QRyttXTFoUDTpLGRDUDYDMn0C0A="
     },
     "path-parse": {
       "version": "1.0.5",
@@ -12611,7 +12701,6 @@
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shebang-command/-/shebang-command-1.2.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-RKrGW2lbAzmJaMOfNj/uXer98eo=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "shebang-regex": "1.0.0"
       }
@@ -12619,8 +12708,7 @@
     "shebang-regex": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shebang-regex/-/shebang-regex-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-2kL0l0DAtC2yypcoVxyxkMmO/qM=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-2kL0l0DAtC2yypcoVxyxkMmO/qM="
     },
     "shell-quote": {
       "version": "1.6.1",
@@ -13610,7 +13698,6 @@
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which/-/which-1.3.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-xcJpopdamTuY5duC/KnTTNBraPK54YwpenP4lzxU8H91GudWpFv38u0CKjclE1Wi2EH2EDz5LRcHcKbCIzqGyg==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "isexe": "2.0.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 844c242..f2911fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "2.4.0",
     "commander": "2.15.1",
+    "cross-spawn": "6.0.5",
     "glob": "7.1.2",
     "string-length": "2.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/runNpmScript/index.js b/src/runNpmScript/index.js
index 7a1684f..3927230 100644
--- a/src/runNpmScript/index.js
+++ b/src/runNpmScript/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint complexity: 0*/
 /* eslint no-empty: 0*/
 'use strict';
-const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 
 /**
  * @description run the given script in childProcess
diff --git a/src/runNpmScript/index.spec.js b/src/runNpmScript/index.spec.js
index b6f37bd..f38f075 100644
--- a/src/runNpmScript/index.spec.js
+++ b/src/runNpmScript/index.spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* global jest */
-const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const runNpmScript = require('./index');
 
-jest.mock('child_process');
+jest.mock('cross-spawn');
 
 const options = {
 	scriptName: 'utils',