diff --git a/cli/src/generate/grammar_files.rs b/cli/src/generate/grammar_files.rs
index 9ed83c7d..0bfc777b 100644
--- a/cli/src/generate/grammar_files.rs
+++ b/cli/src/generate/grammar_files.rs
@@ -97,17 +97,22 @@ pub fn generate_grammar_files(
                 fs::read_to_string(path).with_context(|| "Failed to read package.json")?;
             let mut package_json = serde_json::from_str::<Map<String, Value>>(&package_json_str)
                 .with_context(|| "Failed to parse package.json")?;
-            let package_json_main = package_json.get("main");
             let package_json_types = package_json.get("types");
-            let package_json_needs_update = package_json_main.map_or(true, |v| {
-                let main_string = v.as_str();
-                main_string == Some("index.js") || main_string == Some("./index.js")
-            }) || package_json_types.is_none();
+            let package_json_needs_update = package_json
+                .get("dependencies")
+                .map_or(false, |d| d.get("nan").is_some())
+                || package_json_types.is_none();
             if package_json_needs_update {
-                eprintln!("Updating package.json with new binding path");
-                package_json.insert(
-                    "main".to_string(),
-                    Value::String("bindings/node".to_string()),
+                let dependencies = package_json
+                    .entry("dependencies".to_string())
+                    .or_insert_with(|| Value::Object(Map::new()));
+                let dependencies = dependencies.as_object_mut().unwrap();
+                if dependencies.remove("nan").is_some() {
+                    eprintln!("Replacing package.json's nan dependency with node-addon-api");
+                }
+                dependencies.insert(
+                    "node-addon-api".to_string(),
+                    Value::String("^7.1.0".to_string()),
                 );
                 package_json.insert(
                     "types".to_string(),