diff --git a/samples/apps/forum/ci.sh b/samples/apps/forum/ci.sh
index 62b495706..1f9e98f34 100755
--- a/samples/apps/forum/ci.sh
+++ b/samples/apps/forum/ci.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
 CCF_APP_PKG_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../../../js/ccf-app"
 pushd "$CCF_APP_PKG_DIR"
-npm install
+npm install --no-package-lock
 popd
 
 pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
-npm install
+npm install --no-package-lock
 unbuffer npm test
 popd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/js-modules/modules.py b/tests/js-modules/modules.py
index ba6ec49d1..f83a493ae 100644
--- a/tests/js-modules/modules.py
+++ b/tests/js-modules/modules.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def test_npm_app(network, args):
 
     LOG.info("Building ccf-app npm package (dependency)")
     ccf_pkg_dir = os.path.join(PARENT_DIR, "..", "js", "ccf-app")
-    subprocess.run(["npm", "install"], cwd=ccf_pkg_dir, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["npm", "install", "--no-package-lock"], cwd=ccf_pkg_dir, check=True)
 
     LOG.info("Building npm app")
     app_dir = os.path.join(PARENT_DIR, "npm-app")