diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/npm.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/npm.rb
index 4e86596a..16e26edd 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/npm.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/npm.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def query
   end
 
   def latest
-    npm('view', resource[:name], 'version').strip
+    npm('view', resource[:name], 'version').lines.reject { |l| l.start_with?('npm') }.join("\n").strip
   end
 
   def update
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/npm_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/npm_spec.rb
index 75820db2..76d02650 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/npm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/package/npm_spec.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def self.it_should_respond_to(*actions)
   end
 
   describe 'when npm packages are installed globally' do
-    before :each do
+    before do
       provider.class.instance_variable_set(:@npmlist, nil)
     end
 
@@ -67,4 +67,11 @@ def self.it_should_respond_to(*actions)
       expect(provider.class.instances).to eq([])
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#latest' do
+    it 'filters npm registry logging' do
+      provider.expects(:npm).with('view', 'express', 'version').returns("npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express\nnpm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/express\n2.0.0")
+      expect(provider.latest).to eq('2.0.0')
+    end
+  end
 end