diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e24fbdcaca7..3562a188e86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ jobs:
           npm config set loglevel error
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install
-
       - name: Install Node version specific dev deps
         if: ${{ matrix.npm-i != '' }}
         run: npm install --save-dev ${{ matrix.npm-i }}
 
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
       - name: Remove non-test dependencies
         run: npm rm --silent --save-dev connect-redis
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 60f65fe2d37..f0db3d8b9f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
     "hbs": "4.2.0",
     "marked": "0.7.0",
     "method-override": "3.0.0",
-    "mocha": "10.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^6.2.2",
     "morgan": "1.10.0",
-    "nyc": "15.1.0",
+    "nyc": "^14.1.1",
     "pbkdf2-password": "1.2.1",
-    "supertest": "6.3.0",
+    "supertest": "^6.1.6",
     "vhost": "~3.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {