diff --git a/install/openthread-br-install.sh b/install/openthread-br-install.sh
index 5b3d34a9..b9e4e362 100644
--- a/install/openthread-br-install.sh
+++ b/install/openthread-br-install.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ $STD apt install -y \
   libnetfilter-queue1 \
   libnetfilter-queue-dev \
   libprotobuf-dev \
-  protobuf-compiler \
-  nodejs \
-  npm
+  protobuf-compiler
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
+setup_nodejs
+
 msg_info "Cloning OpenThread Border Router"
 # git clone is needed to fetch submodules, fetch_and_deploy_gh_release doesn't support this. We use --depth 1 to minimize the amount of data cloned, but it still may take a while.
 $STD git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openthread/ot-br-posix /opt/ot-br-posix