diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b07e5a72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
+    - async > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
+    - eslint > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
+    - tidy-markdown > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
+    - eslint > inquirer > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
+    - eslint > table > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-05-04T03:43:40.838Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bdb74b1e4..8ae5d5ec5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
     "universal-analytics": "^0.4.16",
     "which": "^1.3.0",
     "winston": "^2.4.0",
-    "yaml-front-matter": "3.4.0"
+    "yaml-front-matter": "3.4.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.317.0"
   },
   "activationHooks": [
     "core:loaded-shell-environment"
@@ -422,10 +423,11 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build-options": "node script/build-options.js",
     "docs": "npm run build-options && coffee docs/",
-    "prepublish": "npm run docs",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect && npm run docs",
     "lint": "coffeelint src/ spec/",
     "code-docs": "codo && open docs/code/index.html",
-    "test": "atom --test spec"
+    "test": "atom --test spec",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect"
   },
   "config": {
     "next-update": {
@@ -450,5 +452,6 @@
       "underscore-plus",
       "prettydiff2"
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }
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