From f1e054ed173227a5e6414e355051306307884bbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Moldovan <3854374+adimoldovan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:17:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Build/Test Tools: Remove all `npx` commands.

`npx` downloads and installs a package when the binary is not already present, and it runs the install scripts of every package it installs. `npm exec --no` runs an installed binary only, and fails when the package is missing.

`update-browserslist-db` is now a direct `devDependency`, so the task does not depend on it staying hoisted as a transitive dependency.

Backport of r63309 to the 7.0 branch.
---
 Gruntfile.js      | 6 +++---
 package-lock.json | 1 +
 package.json      | 1 +
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 90e112ef1525f..4da368013e0dc 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -2346,15 +2346,15 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	grunt.registerTask( 'wp-packages:update', 'Update WordPress packages', function() {
 		const distTag = grunt.option('dist-tag') || 'latest';
 		grunt.log.writeln( `Updating WordPress packages (--dist-tag=${distTag})` );
-		spawn( 'npx', [ 'wp-scripts', 'packages-update', `--dist-tag=${distTag}` ], {
+		spawn( 'npm', [ 'exec', '--no', '--', 'wp-scripts', 'packages-update', `--dist-tag=${distTag}` ], {
 			cwd: __dirname,
 			stdio: 'inherit',
 		} );
 	} );
 
 	grunt.registerTask( 'browserslist:update', 'Update the local database of browser supports', function() {
-		grunt.log.writeln( `Updating browsers list` );
-		spawn( 'npx', [ 'update-browserslist-db@latest' ], {
+		grunt.log.writeln( 'Updating browsers list' );
+		spawn( 'npm', [ 'exec', '--no', '--', 'update-browserslist-db' ], {
 			cwd: __dirname,
 			stdio: 'inherit',
 		} );
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 24ad6fcc78fae..5a4e218043951 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 				"source-map-loader": "5.0.0",
 				"terser-webpack-plugin": "5.4.0",
 				"typescript": "5.9.3",
+				"update-browserslist-db": "1.2.3",
 				"uuid": "13.0.0",
 				"wait-on": "9.0.4",
 				"webpack": "5.105.4"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43806c0c7e417..7614b871b6a07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 		"source-map-loader": "5.0.0",
 		"terser-webpack-plugin": "5.4.0",
 		"typescript": "5.9.3",
+		"update-browserslist-db": "1.2.3",
 		"uuid": "13.0.0",
 		"wait-on": "9.0.4",
 		"webpack": "5.105.4"