diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
index 71f0befc9d28..f0aa4ebda5e5 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ stages:
       parameters:
         platform:
           name: 'Managed'
-          container: 'mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:centos-stream8'
+          container: 'mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:centos-stream8-20240104210103-4893224'
           buildScript: './eng/build.sh $(_PublishArgs) --no-build-repo-tasks $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)'
           skipPublishValidation: true
           jobProperties:
diff --git a/eng/SourceBuild.props b/eng/SourceBuild.props
index d83a2564b43f..66e1404196fa 100644
--- a/eng/SourceBuild.props
+++ b/eng/SourceBuild.props
@@ -83,4 +83,23 @@
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="RestoreNpmPackages"
+          BeforeTargets="RunInnerSourceBuildCommand">
+
+    <Message Text="Checking node version..." Importance="high" />
+    <Exec
+      Command="node --version"
+      WorkingDirectory="$(InnerSourceBuildRepoRoot)" />
+
+    <Message Text="Checking npm version..." Importance="high" />
+    <Exec
+      Command="npm --version"
+      WorkingDirectory="$(InnerSourceBuildRepoRoot)" />
+
+    <Exec
+      Command="npm ci"
+      WorkingDirectory="$(InnerSourceBuildRepoRoot)" />
+
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>