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diff --git a/packages/mongodb-downloader/package.json b/packages/mongodb-downloader/package.json
index cd4bed0e..b335a419 100644
--- a/packages/mongodb-downloader/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/mongodb-downloader/src/index.ts b/packages/mongodb-downloader/src/index.ts
index d9be7719..e44e53c8 100644
--- a/packages/mongodb-downloader/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/mongodb-downloader/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-import tar from 'tar';
+import * as tar from 'tar';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { promises as fs, createWriteStream } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';