diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index a2788ffa..eba707c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             build_deps: scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-build.sh
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      
+
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: |
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ jobs:
           path: /usr/local/bin
       - name: Setup quill binary
         run: chmod +x /usr/local/bin/quill
+      - name: Install dfx
+        uses: dfinity/setup-dfx@main
       - name: Provision Darwin
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.os, 'macos') }}
         run: bash scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-e2e.sh
diff --git a/e2e/utils/_.bash b/e2e/utils/_.bash
index 75b2dbfc..deb75dac 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/_.bash
+++ b/e2e/utils/_.bash
@@ -17,11 +17,23 @@ standard_setup() {
     x=$(mktemp -d -t dfx-e2e-XXXXXXXX)
     export DFX_E2E_TEMP_DIR="$x"
 
+    if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+        project_relative_path="Library/Application Support/org.dfinity.dfx"
+    elif [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
+        project_relative_path=".local/share/dfx"
+    fi
+
     mkdir "$x/working-dir"
     mkdir "$x/cache-root"
     mkdir "$x/config-root"
     mkdir "$x/home-dir"
 
+    # we need to configure dfxvm in the isolated home directory
+    default_dfx_version="$(dfxvm default)"
+    # don't re-download dfx for every test
+    mkdir -p "$x/home-dir/$project_relative_path"
+    ln -s "$HOME/$project_relative_path/versions" "$x/home-dir/$project_relative_path/versions"
+
     cd "$x/working-dir" || exit
 
     export HOME="$x/home-dir"
@@ -29,12 +41,10 @@ standard_setup() {
     export DFX_CONFIG_ROOT="$x/config-root"
     export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
     export PEM_LOCATION="${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../assets"
-    if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
-        export E2E_SHARED_LOCAL_NETWORK_DATA_DIRECTORY="$HOME/Library/Application Support/org.dfinity.dfx/network/local"
-    elif [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
-        export E2E_SHARED_LOCAL_NETWORK_DATA_DIRECTORY="$HOME/.local/share/dfx/network/local"
-    fi
+    export E2E_SHARED_LOCAL_NETWORK_DATA_DIRECTORY="$HOME/$project_relative_path/network/local"
     export E2E_NETWORKS_JSON="$DFX_CONFIG_ROOT/.config/dfx/networks.json"
+
+    dfxvm default "$default_dfx_version"
 }
 
 standard_nns_setup() {
diff --git a/scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-e2e.sh b/scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-e2e.sh
index da0c88cc..eee19001 100755
--- a/scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/workflows/provision-darwin-e2e.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ pushd /tmp
 
 brew install coreutils
 
-# install dfx
-sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh)"
-
 # Install Bats.
 if [ "$(uname -r)" = "19.6.0" ]; then
     brew unlink bats
diff --git a/scripts/workflows/provision-linux-e2e.sh b/scripts/workflows/provision-linux-e2e.sh
index badbc91f..74843d2f 100755
--- a/scripts/workflows/provision-linux-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/workflows/provision-linux-e2e.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ export
 # Enter temporary directory.
 pushd /tmp
 
-# install dfx
-sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://internetcomputer.org/install.sh)"
-
 # Install Bats.
 sudo apt-get install --yes bats