diff --git a/src/install/pre_install.sh b/src/install/pre_install.sh
index cb8019467..4f7ae0ca3 100755
--- a/src/install/pre_install.sh
+++ b/src/install/pre_install.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ then
 fi
 sudo usermod -aG docker "$FACTUSER"
 
-# Setup npm repository as described in https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md#debinstall
-curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash -
+# Setup npm repository as described in https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#debian-and-ubuntu-based-distributions
+curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
+echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_18.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
 
 IS_VENV=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.exec_prefix!=sys.base_prefix)')
 SUDO=""