diff --git a/.github/workflows/script/update-node-modules.sh b/.github/workflows/script/update-node-modules.sh
index e59236d8a..daef107f9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/script/update-node-modules.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/script/update-node-modules.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$1" != "update" && "$1" != "check-only" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-sudo npm install --force -g npm@9.2.0
+npm install --force -g npm@9.2.0
 
 # clean the npm cache to ensure we don't have any files owned by root
 sudo npm cache clean --force