diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup/001-npm-sandbox.ts b/tests/e2e/setup/001-npm-sandbox.ts
index dcd5f8a1a021..9989beb80b36 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup/001-npm-sandbox.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup/001-npm-sandbox.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export default async function () {
     process.env['NPM_CONFIG_legacy_peer_deps'] = 'true';
   }
 
+  // Allow github tarballs consumption.
+  process.env['NPM_CONFIG_allow_remote'] = 'all';
+
   // Configure the registry and prefix used within the test sandbox via rc files
   await writeFile(npmrc, `registry=${npmRegistry}\nprefix=${npmModulesPrefix}`);
   await writeFile(yarnrc, `registry ${npmRegistry}\nprefix ${yarnModulesPrefix}`);
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup/100-global-cli.ts b/tests/e2e/setup/100-global-cli.ts
index 9f587fa5c38d..d660fc1d1158 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup/100-global-cli.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup/100-global-cli.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getActivePackageManager } from '../utils/packages';
 import { globalNpm } from '../utils/process';
 
 const PACKAGE_MANAGER_VERSION = {
-  'npm': '10.8.1',
+  'npm': '12.0.2',
   'yarn': '1.22.22',
   'pnpm': '10.17.1',
   'bun': '1.3.2',