diff --git a/deploy.js b/deploy.js
index 54a3d89..fd99ee2 100644
--- a/deploy.js
+++ b/deploy.js
@@ -170,12 +170,24 @@ if (needsNode || !hasAcceptableNodeVersion) {
 			: "Node.js is missing on the host machine. Installing"
 	);
 
+	if (!hasAcceptableNodeVersion) {
+		await ssh.execCommand(`sudo apt remove node && sudo apt autoremove`);
+	}
 	await ssh.execCommand(`cd ~`);
 	await ssh.execCommand(`curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${PREFERRED_NODE_VERSION} -o nodesource_setup.sh`);
 	await ssh.execCommand(`sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh`);
 	await ssh.execCommand(`sudo apt install nodejs -y`);
 	await ssh.execCommand(`rm nodesource_setup.sh`);
-	console.log("Node.js successfully installed!");
+
+	// Re-check the installed Node version and ensure that it is in fact the intended one
+	const nodeVersionNow = (await ssh.execCommand("node -v")).stdout.slice(1);
+	if (!satisfies(nodeVersionNow, PREFERRED_NODE_VERSION)) {
+		throw new ReferenceError(`Node v${PREFERRED_NODE_VERSION} could not be installed.`);
+	} else {
+		console.log("Node.js successfully installed!");
+	}
+
+
 } else {
 	console.log("Node.js is already supported");
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67ce2af..51c44c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		"node.parentelement": "1.0.2",
 		"perfnow": "0.2.0",
 		"performance-now": "2.1.0",
-		"pm2": "5.2.0",
+		"pm2": "5.2.2",
 		"polyfill-library": "3.108.0",
 		"proxy-polyfill": "0.3.2",
 		"regenerator-runtime": "0.13.11",