Latest tag is incorrect on npm

[dthunell]

Problem description
The "latest" tag on npm does not point to the latest version

Expected behavior
If I pull "latest" I get 19.0.0

Actual behavior
I get 18.6.1

This also messes up our outdated-dependencies scan, see below.

Error message/stack trace

npm outdated
Package                           Current   Wanted  Latest  Location                                       Depended by
tedious                            19.0.0   19.0.0  18.6.1  node_modules/tedious                           example-project

Any other details that can be helpful
Screenshot from npmjs.com taken on Oct 31

[highrankinsammy]

Really great post! Thank you @dthunell 🥇

[Luse]

This has been bothering me for a while now, happy to see you bring it up 🙏