diff --git a/php/scripts/alpine/nodeyarn.sh b/php/scripts/alpine/nodeyarn.sh
index e3b0bfb7..a1f74a7c 100644
--- a/php/scripts/alpine/nodeyarn.sh
+++ b/php/scripts/alpine/nodeyarn.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 ln -s /usr/lib/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/bin/npm
 
-npm i -g npm@${NPM_VERSION}
+npm i -g --force npm@${NPM_VERSION}
 
 curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
 
diff --git a/php/scripts/node.sh b/php/scripts/node.sh
index 80d7b952..20f228f8 100644
--- a/php/scripts/node.sh
+++ b/php/scripts/node.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # NODE JS
 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash - \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install nodejs -yq \
-    && npm i -g npm \
+    && npm i -g --force npm \
     && curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash \
     && npm cache clean --force