diff --git a/system-tests/scripts/bootstrap-docker-container.sh b/system-tests/scripts/bootstrap-docker-container.sh
index 23f8b6149d18..d74e1fadea0f 100755
--- a/system-tests/scripts/bootstrap-docker-container.sh
+++ b/system-tests/scripts/bootstrap-docker-container.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export npm_config_package_lock=false
 mkdir $npm_config_cache
 chown -R 1000:1000 $npm_config_cache
 
-npx npm@9.1.0 install --unsafe-perm --allow-root --force file:$CLI_PATH
+npx npm@8 install --unsafe-perm --allow-root --force file:$CLI_PATH
 
 PATH=$PATH:./node_modules/.bin