diff --git a/.github/workflows/ping-staging-apps.yml b/.github/workflows/ping-staging-apps.yml
index 646f79a874..d36f8af00c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ping-staging-apps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ping-staging-apps.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ jobs:
       HEROKU_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HEROKU_API_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@38d90ce44d5275ad62cc48384b3d8a58c500bb5f
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+          cache: npm
       - name: npm ci
         run: npm ci
       - name: npm run build