diff --git a/.github/workflows/web3.yml b/.github/workflows/web3.yml
index d50a193d68..a367dda914 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/web3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/web3.yml
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+          node-version: '16'
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: web3.js/package-lock.json
-      - run: npm i -g npm@7
       - run: npm ci
       - name: commit-lint
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}