diff --git a/scripts/provision-ci-runner.sh b/scripts/provision-ci-runner.sh
index 4092fdd..093e2fc 100755
--- a/scripts/provision-ci-runner.sh
+++ b/scripts/provision-ci-runner.sh
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ rm -rf "$PREFIX/toolchains/node"
 mkdir -p "$PREFIX/toolchains/node"
 tar -xJf "$PREFIX/downloads/node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz" \
   -C "$PREFIX/toolchains/node" --strip-components=1
-"$PREFIX/toolchains/node/bin/npm" install --global --prefix "$PREFIX/toolchains/node" \
+PATH="$PREFIX/toolchains/node/bin:$PATH" \
+  "$PREFIX/toolchains/node/bin/npm" install --global --prefix "$PREFIX/toolchains/node" \
   --ignore-scripts "pnpm@${PNPM_VERSION}"
 
 download_verified \
diff --git a/tests/ci/pipeline-test.sh b/tests/ci/pipeline-test.sh
index e713d45..0f93558 100755
--- a/tests/ci/pipeline-test.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/pipeline-test.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ grep -Fq 'shellcheck-v${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz' "$provision"
 grep -Fq 'docker-compose-linux-x86_64' "$provision"
 grep -Fq 'install -m 0755 "$PREFIX/downloads/shellcheck-v${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" "$PREFIX/bin/shellcheck"' "$provision"
 grep -Fq 'install -m 0755 "$PREFIX/downloads/docker-compose-${COMPOSE_VERSION}-linux-x86_64" "$PREFIX/bin/docker-compose"' "$provision"
+grep -Fq 'PATH="$PREFIX/toolchains/node/bin:$PATH"' "$provision"
 grep -Fq 'gpasswd -d easyai-gateway-ci-v2 docker' "$provision"
 grep -Fq 'gpasswd -d easyai-gateway-ci-v2 sudo' "$provision"
 if grep -Fq 'usermod -aG docker' "$provision"; then