diff --git a/.evergreen/install-node.sh b/.evergreen/install-node.sh
index dbf9dff5a..13878c578 100755
--- a/.evergreen/install-node.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/install-node.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export BASEDIR="$PWD/.evergreen"
 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
   powershell "$(cygpath -w "$BASEDIR")"/InstallNode.ps1
   . "$BASEDIR/setup-env.sh"
-  mkdir -p "$BASEDIR/npm-9" && (cd "$BASEDIR/npm-9" && echo '{}' > package.json && npm i npm@9.x)
+  mkdir -p "$BASEDIR/npm-10" && (cd "$BASEDIR/npm-10" && echo '{}' > package.json && npm i npm@10.x)
+  # using npm 10 because npm 9.9.3 does not install well on windows
 
   curl -sSfLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongodb-js/compass/42e6142ae08be6fec944b80ff6289e6bcd11badf/.evergreen/node-gyp-bug-workaround.sh && bash node-gyp-bug-workaround.sh
 else
diff --git a/.evergreen/setup-env.sh b/.evergreen/setup-env.sh
index 5be6e4d85..af11529e8 100755
--- a/.evergreen/setup-env.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/setup-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 export BASEDIR="$PWD/.evergreen"
-export PATH="/cygdrive/c/python/Python311/Scripts:/cygdrive/c/python/Python311:/cygdrive/c/Python311/Scripts:/cygdrive/c/Python311:/opt/python/3.6/bin:$BASEDIR/mingit/cmd:$BASEDIR/mingit/mingw64/libexec/git-core:$BASEDIR/git-2:$BASEDIR/npm-9/node_modules/.bin:$BASEDIR/node-v$NODE_JS_VERSION-win-x64:/opt/java/jdk16/bin:/opt/chefdk/gitbin:/cygdrive/c/cmake/bin:/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v3/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="/cygdrive/c/python/Python311/Scripts:/cygdrive/c/python/Python311:/cygdrive/c/Python311/Scripts:/cygdrive/c/Python311:/opt/python/3.6/bin:$BASEDIR/mingit/cmd:$BASEDIR/mingit/mingw64/libexec/git-core:$BASEDIR/git-2:$BASEDIR/npm-10/node_modules/.bin:$BASEDIR/node-v$NODE_JS_VERSION-win-x64:/opt/java/jdk16/bin:/opt/chefdk/gitbin:/cygdrive/c/cmake/bin:/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v3/bin:$PATH"
 export IS_MONGOSH_EVERGREEN_CI=1
 export DEBUG="mongodb*,$DEBUG"
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker/rocky8-package.Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/rocky8-package.Dockerfile
index a1300398f..ed6bcf1c5 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/rocky8-package.Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/rocky8-package.Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN dnf -y install python3 rpm-build dpkg-devel dpkg-dev git
 # Add Node.js
 RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -
 RUN dnf install -y nodejs
-RUN npm i -g npm@9.x
+RUN npm i -g npm@10.x
 # For some reason npm@8 failed silently (!) when $HOME was
 # set to /root and consequently $HOME/.npm was not writable
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/home