diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml
index 4daf49f4..88a3e831 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact-tests.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+    - name: Set Node.js 14.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 14.x
+    - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
     # In order to upload & download artifacts from a shell script, certain env variables need to be set that are only available in the
     # node context. This runs a local action that gets and sets the necessary env variables that are needed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
index 9976c40b..ba07897d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+    - name: Set Node.js 14.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 14.x
+    - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
     - name: npm install
       run: npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
index d8c082b1..50b987c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-tests.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+    - name: Set Node.js 14.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 14.x
+    - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
     # In order to save & restore cache from a shell script, certain env variables need to be set that are only available in the
     # node context. This runs a local action that gets and sets the necessary env variables that are needed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
index 912502be..3d2f5c38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: verify package exists
         run: ls packages/${{ github.event.inputs.package }}
 
-      - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+      - name: Set Node.js 14.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
           node-version: 14.x
+    - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
       - name: npm install
         run: npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index b0e73713..d0da1257 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Set Node.js 12.x
+    - name: Set Node.js 14.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: 14.x
+    - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
     - name: npm install
       run: npm install