diff --git a/scripts/dashboard/install-cephadm-e2e-deps.sh b/scripts/dashboard/install-cephadm-e2e-deps.sh
index 0db1a89a0..8bc01c7dd 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard/install-cephadm-e2e-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/dashboard/install-cephadm-e2e-deps.sh
@@ -20,25 +20,6 @@ sudo apt update -y
 sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release \
     openssh-server software-properties-common
 
-NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION=14
-DISTRO="$(lsb_release -cs)"
-if [[ ! $(command -v node) || $(node --version | grep -oE "v([0-9])+" | cut -c 2-) < ${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION} ]]; then
-    sudo add-apt-repository -y -r ppa:chris-lea/node.js
-    sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chris-lea-node_js-*.list
-    sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chris-lea-node_js-*.list.save
-
-    NODEJS_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
-    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" >/dev/null
-    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" --list-keys
-
-    NODEJS_VERSION="node_${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION}.x"
-    echo "deb [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-    echo "deb-src [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-
-    sudo apt update -y
-    sudo apt install -y nodejs
-    sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-fi
 sudo apt install -y libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu qemu-kvm libvirt-clients runc
 
 sudo usermod -aG libvirt $(id -un)
diff --git a/scripts/dashboard/install-e2e-test-deps.sh b/scripts/dashboard/install-e2e-test-deps.sh
index ba0673f92..30f200a2c 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard/install-e2e-test-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/dashboard/install-e2e-test-deps.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ if [[ ! $(arch) =~ (i386|x86_64|amd64) ]]; then
 fi
 
 if grep -q  debian /etc/*-release; then
+    NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION=16
+    DISTRO="$(lsb_release -cs)"
+    if [[ ! $(command -v node) || $(node --version | grep -oE "v([0-9])+" | cut -c 2-) < ${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION} ]]; then
+        sudo apt-get purge nodejs -y
+        sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libnode-dev
+        sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq libnode72:amd64
+
+        NODEJS_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
+        curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" >/dev/null
+        gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" --list-keys
+
+        NODEJS_VERSION="node_${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION}.x"
+        echo "deb [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+        echo "deb-src [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+
+        sudo apt update -y
+        sudo apt install -y nodejs
+        sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+    fi
     sudo bash -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
     curl -fsSL https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
     sudo apt-get update