diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
index d354a9778d36..d81555a18c33 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
 CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
 
 if [ -x "${DIR}/node/bin/node" ]; then
-  NODE="/usr/local/bin/node"
+  NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
 else
   NODE="$(which node)"
 fi