diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml
index 45f154de55a4..ecf009a4dc4a 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml
@@ -50,46 +50,16 @@ steps:
     inputs:
       version: "20.3.1"
     displayName: "Install node"
-    
-  - bash: |
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium-doctor"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium-doctor
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ps aux"
-      ps aux
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-    displayName: "Debugging output"
-    continueOnError: true
-    condition: startsWith(variables['Agent.Name'], 'XAMBOT')
 
-  # Clean up any leftover cached folders of appium and appium-doctor node modules
-  - bash: |
-      rm -rf $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????
-      rm -rf $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????
-    displayName: "Delete temp .appium-???????? and .appium-doctor-???????? folders"
-    continueOnError: true
-
-  - pwsh: ./eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1
+  - pwsh: |
+      $fullLogsDir = Join-Path "$(LogDirectory)" "npm"
+      ./eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1 -logsDir "$fullLogsDir"
+      Dir -Recurse $(APPIUM_HOME) | Get-Childitem | Select Fullname
     displayName: "Install Appium (Drivers)"
     continueOnError: false
     retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
+    env:
+      APPIUM_HOME: $(APPIUM_HOME)
 
   - pwsh: ./build.ps1 --target=dotnet --configuration="${{ parameters.configuration }}" --verbosity=diagnostic
     displayName: 'Install .NET'
@@ -118,6 +88,8 @@ steps:
     displayName: $(Agent.JobName)
     ${{ if ne(parameters.platform, 'android')}}:
       retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
+    env:
+      APPIUM_HOME: $(APPIUM_HOME)
 
   - bash: |
       suffix=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-steps.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-steps.yml
index 40123cbf9e68..37edc0526431 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-steps.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests-steps.yml
@@ -49,46 +49,16 @@ steps:
     inputs:
       version: "20.3.1"
     displayName: "Install node"
-    
-  - bash: |
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium-doctor"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/appium-doctor
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????"
-      ls -al $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-
-      echo "##[group]Running ps aux"
-      ps aux
-      echo "##[endgroup]"
-    displayName: "Debugging output"
-    continueOnError: true
-    condition: startsWith(variables['Agent.Name'], 'XAMBOT')
 
-  # Clean up any leftover cached folders of appium and appium-doctor node modules
-  - bash: |
-      rm -rf $(npm root -g)/.appium-????????
-      rm -rf $(npm root -g)/.appium-doctor-????????
-    displayName: "Delete temp .appium-???????? and .appium-doctor-???????? folders"
-    continueOnError: true
-
-  - pwsh: ./eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1
+  - pwsh: |
+      $fullLogsDir = Join-Path "$(LogDirectory)" "npm"
+      ./eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1 -logsDir "$fullLogsDir"
+      Dir -Recurse $(APPIUM_HOME) | Get-Childitem | Select Fullname
     displayName: "Install Appium (Drivers)"
     continueOnError: false
     retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
+    env:
+      APPIUM_HOME: $(APPIUM_HOME)
 
   - pwsh: ./build.ps1 --target=dotnet --configuration="${{ parameters.configuration }}" --verbosity=diagnostic
     displayName: 'Install .NET'
@@ -117,6 +87,8 @@ steps:
     displayName: $(Agent.JobName)
     ${{ if ne(parameters.platform, 'android')}}:
       retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
+    env:
+      APPIUM_HOME: $(APPIUM_HOME)
 
   - bash: |
       suffix=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests.yml
index 8865a818f0fa..dff176c43c35 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/ui-tests.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ stages:
                 pool: ${{ parameters.androidPool }}
                 variables:
                   REQUIRED_XCODE: $(DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE)
+                  APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.appium/
                 steps:
                   - template: ui-tests-steps.yml
                     parameters:
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ stages:
                 pool: ${{ parameters.iosPool }}
                 variables:
                   REQUIRED_XCODE: $(DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE)
+                  APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.appium/
                 steps:
                   - template: ui-tests-steps.yml
                     parameters:
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ stages:
                   clean: all
                 displayName: ${{ coalesce(project.desc, project.name) }}
                 pool: ${{ parameters.windowsPool }}
+                variables:
+                  APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\.appium\
                 steps:
                   - template: ui-tests-steps.yml
                     parameters:
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ stages:
                 pool: ${{ parameters.macosPool }}
                 variables:
                   REQUIRED_XCODE: $(DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE)
+                  APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.appium/
                 steps:
                   - template: ui-tests-steps.yml
                     parameters:
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ stages:
                   pool: ${{ parameters.androidLegacyPool }}
                   variables:
                     REQUIRED_XCODE: $(DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE)
+                    APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.appium/
                   steps:
                     - template: ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml
                       parameters:
@@ -260,6 +266,7 @@ stages:
                   pool: ${{ parameters.iosLegacyPool }}
                   variables:
                     REQUIRED_XCODE: $(DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE)
+                    APPIUM_HOME: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.appium/
                   steps:
                     - template: ui-tests-legacy-steps.yml
                       parameters:
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/common/variables.yml b/eng/pipelines/common/variables.yml
index 53556c9d981a..f0c4d0a1c2af 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/common/variables.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/common/variables.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variables:
 - name: DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE
   value: true
 - name: DOTNET_VERSION
-  value: 8.0.101
+  value: 8.0.300
 - name: REQUIRED_XCODE
   value: 15.2.0
 - name: DEVICETESTS_REQUIRED_XCODE
diff --git a/eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1 b/eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1
index 9d4829f14d0b..8099a2596377 100644
--- a/eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1
+++ b/eng/scripts/appium-install.ps1
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ Find the script for that on the DevDiv Azure DevOps instance, Engineering team,
 
 param
 (
-    [string] $appiumVersion = '2.1.1',
-    [string] $windowsDriverVersion = '2.10.1',
-    [string] $androidDriverVersion = '2.29.4',
-    [string] $iOSDriverVersion = '5.2.0',
-    [string] $macDriverVersion = '1.7.2'
+    [string] $appiumVersion = '2.5.4',
+    [string] $windowsDriverVersion = '2.12.23',
+    [string] $androidDriverVersion = '3.5.1',
+    [string] $iOSDriverVersion = '7.16.1',
+    [string] $macDriverVersion = '1.17.3',
+    [string] $logsDir = '../appium-logs'
 )
 
 Write-Output  "Welcome to the Appium installer"
@@ -52,65 +53,109 @@ Write-Output  "Welcome to the Appium installer"
 Write-Output  "Node version"
 node -v
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium $appiumVersion"
-npm install -g appium@$appiumVersion
+$npmLogLevel = 'verbose'
 
-write-Output  "Installed appium"
-appium -v
+# globally set npm loglevel
+npm config set loglevel $npmLogLevel
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium doctor"
-npm install -g appium-doctor
+# Create logs directory for npm logs if it doesn't exist
+if (!(Test-Path $logsDir -PathType Container)) {
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $logsDir
+}
 
-Write-Output  "Installed appium doctor"
+# Get our path to APPIUM_HOME
+$AppiumHome = $env:APPIUM_HOME
+Write-Output "APPIUM_HOME: $AppiumHome"
 
-$existingDrivers = appium driver list --installed --json  | ConvertFrom-Json
-Write-Output "List of installed drivers $existingDrivers"
-if ($existingDrivers.windows) {
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalling appium driver windows"
-    appium driver uninstall windows
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalled appium driver windows"
+if (Test-Path $AppiumHome) {
+    Write-Output  "Removing existing APPIUM_HOME Cache..."
+    Remove-Item -Path $AppiumHome -Recurse -Force
 }
 
-if ($existingDrivers.uiautomator2) {
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalling appium driver uiautomator2"
-    appium driver uninstall uiautomator2
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalled appium driver uiautomator2"
-}
+# Create the directory for appium home
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $AppiumHome
 
-if ($existingDrivers.xcuitest) {
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalling appium driver xcuitest"
-    appium driver uninstall xcuitest
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalled appium driver xcuitest"
-}
+# Check for an existing appium install version
+$appiumCurrentVersion = ""
+try { $appiumCurrentVersion = appium -v | Out-String } catch { }
 
-if ($existingDrivers.mac2) {
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalling appium driver mac2"
-    appium driver uninstall mac2
-    Write-Output  "Uninstalled appium driver mac2"
+if ($appiumCurrentVersion) {
+    Write-Output  "Existing Appium version $appiumCurrentVersion"
+} else {
+    Write-Output  "No Appium version installed"
 }
 
-$drivers = appium driver list --installed --json  | ConvertFrom-Json
-Write-Output "List of installed drivers after cleaup $drivers"
+# If current version does not match the one we want, uninstall and install the new version
+if ($appiumCurrentVersion -ne $appiumVersion) {
+    Write-Output  "Uninstalling appium $appiumCurrentVersion"
+    npm uninstall --logs-dir=$logsDir --loglevel $npmLogLevel -g appium
+    Write-Output  "Uninstalled appium $appiumCurrentVersion"
 
-Write-Output  "We will now install the appium drivers windows $windowsDriverVersion, uiautomator2 $androidDriverVersion, xcuitest $iOSDriverVersion and mac2 $macDriverVersion"
+    Write-Output  "Installing appium $appiumVersion"
+    npm install --logs-dir=$logsDir --loglevel $npmLogLevel -g appium@$appiumVersion
+    write-Output  "Installed appium $appiumVersion"   
+}
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium driver windows $windowsDriverVersion"
-appium driver install --source=npm appium-windows-driver@$windowsDriverVersion
-Write-Output  "Installed appium driver windows"
+$existingDrivers = appium driver list --installed --json  | ConvertFrom-Json
+Write-Output "List of installed drivers $existingDrivers"
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium driver uiautomator2 $androidDriverVersion"
-appium driver install uiautomator2@$androidDriverVersion
-Write-Output  "Installed appium driver uiautomator2"
+if ($IsWindows) {
+    if ($existingDrivers.windows) {
+        Write-Output  "Updating appium driver windows"
+        appium driver update windows
+        Write-Output  "Updated appium driver windows"
+    } else {
+        Write-Output  "Installing appium driver windows"
+        appium driver install --source=npm appium-windows-driver@$windowsDriverVersion
+        Write-Output  "Installed appium driver windows"
+    }
+}
+
+if ($IsMacOS) {
+
+    if ($existingDrivers.xcuitest) {
+        Write-Output  "Updating appium driver xcuitest"
+        appium driver update xcuitest
+        Write-Output  "Updated appium driver xcuitest"
+    } else {
+        Write-Output  "Installing appium driver xcuitest"
+        appium driver install xcuitest@$iOSDriverVersion
+        Write-Output  "Installed appium driver xcuitest"
+    }
+    
+    if ($existingDrivers.mac2) {
+        Write-Output  "Updating appium driver mac2"
+        appium driver update mac2
+        Write-Output  "Updated appium driver mac2"
+    } else {
+        Write-Output  "Installing appium driver mac2"
+        appium driver install mac2@$macDriverVersion
+        Write-Output  "Installed appium driver mac2"
+    }
+}
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium driver xcuitest $iOSDriverVersion"
-appium driver install xcuitest@$iOSDriverVersion
-Write-Output  "Installed appium driver xcuitest"
+if ($existingDrivers.uiautomator2) {
+    Write-Output  "Updating appium driver uiautomator2"
+    appium driver update uiautomator2
+    Write-Output  "Updated appium driver uiautomator2"
+} else {
+    Write-Output  "Installing appium driver uiautomator2"
+    appium driver install uiautomator2@$androidDriverVersion
+    Write-Output  "Installed appium driver uiautomator2"
+}
 
-Write-Output  "Installing appium driver mac2 $macDriverVersion"
-appium driver install mac2@$macDriverVersion
-Write-Output  "Installed appium driver mac2"
+$drivers = appium driver list --installed --json  | ConvertFrom-Json
+Write-Output "List of installed drivers after cleaup $drivers"
 
 Write-Output  "Check everything is installed correctly with appium doctor"
-appium-doctor
+
+if ($IsWindows) {
+    appium driver doctor windows || & { "ignore failure"; $global:LASTEXITCODE = 0 }
+}
+if ($IsMacOS) {
+    appium driver doctor xcuitest || & { "ignore failure"; $global:LASTEXITCODE = 0 }
+    appium driver doctor mac2 || & { "ignore failure"; $global:LASTEXITCODE = 0 }    
+}
+appium driver doctor uiautomator2 || & { "ignore failure"; $global:LASTEXITCODE = 0 }
 
 Write-Output  "Done, thanks!"