diff --git a/scripts/install_via_conda.sh b/scripts/install_via_conda.sh
index 6eedd15f27..57fe72096d 100755
--- a/scripts/install_via_conda.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_via_conda.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ conda install -y -c conda-forge black matplotlib pytest-cov sphinx-autodoc-typeh
 # install node/yarn for insights build
 conda install -y -c conda-forge yarn
 # nodejs should be last, otherwise other conda packages will downgrade node
-conda update -y --no-channel-priority -c conda-forge nodejs
+conda install -y --no-channel-priority -c conda-forge nodejs=14
 
 
 # build insights and install captum