diff --git a/packages/@apphosting/adapter-angular/e2e/run-local.ts b/packages/@apphosting/adapter-angular/e2e/run-local.ts
index 393ac614..c2bd4611 100644
--- a/packages/@apphosting/adapter-angular/e2e/run-local.ts
+++ b/packages/@apphosting/adapter-angular/e2e/run-local.ts
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ const tests = await Promise.all(
       stdio: "inherit",
       shell: true,
     });
-    console.log(`[${runId}] updating angular to next tag`);
-    console.log(`[${runId}] > npx ng update @angular/cli@next @angular/core@next`);
-    await promiseSpawn("npx", ["ng", "update", "@angular/cli@next", "@angular/core@next"], {
-      cwd,
-      stdio: "inherit",
-      shell: true,
-    });
+    if (parseInt(process.versions.node.split(".")[0]) > 18) {
+      console.log(`[${runId}] updating angular to next tag`);
+      console.log(`[${runId}] > npx ng update @angular/cli@next @angular/core@next`);
+      await promiseSpawn("npx", ["ng", "update", "@angular/cli@next", "@angular/core@next"], {
+        cwd,
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        shell: true,
+      });
+    }
     const angularJSON = JSON.parse((await readFile(join(cwd, "angular.json"))).toString());
 
     if (!enableSSR) {