diff --git a/deployment/v2/initialize-instance.sh b/deployment/v2/initialize-instance.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+deployment_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
+source_dir="$deployment_dir/../../source"
+
+echo "============================================================================================="
+echo "aligning versions and updating package.json for CDK v2..."
+/bin/bash $deployment_dir/align-version.sh
+
+bail="--bail"
+runtarget="build+lint+test"
+cd $source_dir/
+
+export PATH=$source_dir/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
+export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096 ${NODE_OPTIONS:-}"
+
+ npm install -g @aws-cdk/integ-runner
+
+echo "============================================================================================="
+echo "installing..."
+yarn install --frozen-lockfile