diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a2701dec5..7b2d6582b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - when:
           condition: <<parameters.install_manually>>
           steps:
+            - run: nvm install 18.20.1 && nvm alias default 18.20.1
             - run: pip3 install pipenv gunicorn
             - run: sudo bash -c 'echo "0.0.0.0 httpbin.org" >> /etc/hosts'
             - run: git clone https://github.com/stoplightio/httpbin httpbin