diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
index 9ce14fb939..541aaf31a6 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export function globalNpm(args: string[], env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) {
     );
   }
 
-  return _exec({ silent: true, env }, process.execPath, [require.resolve('npm'), ...args]);
+  return _exec({ silent: true, env }, 'node', [require.resolve('npm'), ...args]);
 }
 
 export function npm(...args: string[]) {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ export function npm(...args: string[]) {
 }
 
 export function node(...args: string[]) {
-  return _exec({}, process.execPath, args);
+  return _exec({}, 'node', args);
 }
 
 export function git(...args: string[]) {
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
index 1f25eb7810..d48d6e6340 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export async function prepareProjectForE2e(name: string) {
   // Often fails the first time so attempt twice if necessary.
   const runWebdriverUpdate = () =>
     exec(
-      process.execPath,
+      'node',
       'node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager',
       'update',
       '--standalone',
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/registry.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/registry.ts
index 143d398093..3cfee5f714 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/registry.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/registry.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,10 @@ export async function createNpmRegistry(
   configContent = configContent.replace(/\$\{HTTPS_PORT\}/g, String(httpsPort));
   await writeFile(join(registryPath, 'verdaccio.yaml'), configContent);
 
-  return spawn(
-    process.execPath,
-    [require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio'), '-c', './verdaccio.yaml'],
-    {
-      cwd: registryPath,
-      stdio: 'inherit',
-    },
-  );
+  return spawn('node', [require.resolve('verdaccio/bin/verdaccio'), '-c', './verdaccio.yaml'], {
+    cwd: registryPath,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+  });
 }
 
 // Token was generated using `echo -n 'testing:s3cret' | openssl base64`.