diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 1b41467df..801cf3308 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -71846,8 +71846,13 @@ function run() {
                 yield installer.getNode(version, stable, checkLatest, auth, arch);
             }
             // Output version of node is being used
-            const { stdout: installedVersion } = yield exec.getExecOutput('node', ['--version'], { ignoreReturnCode: true });
-            core.setOutput('node-version', installedVersion);
+            try {
+                const { stdout: installedVersion } = yield exec.getExecOutput('node', ['--version'], { ignoreReturnCode: true, silent: true });
+                core.setOutput('node-version', installedVersion.trim());
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                core.setOutput('node-version', '');
+            }
             const registryUrl = core.getInput('registry-url');
             const alwaysAuth = core.getInput('always-auth');
             if (registryUrl) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 5cfba617d..ac7e51f5c 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,16 @@ export async function run() {
     }
 
     // Output version of node is being used
-    const {stdout: installedVersion} = await exec.getExecOutput(
-      'node',
-      ['--version'],
-      {ignoreReturnCode: true}
-    );
-    core.setOutput('node-version', installedVersion);
+    try {
+      const {stdout: installedVersion} = await exec.getExecOutput(
+        'node',
+        ['--version'],
+        {ignoreReturnCode: true, silent: true}
+      );
+      core.setOutput('node-version', installedVersion.trim());
+    } catch (err) {
+      core.setOutput('node-version', '');
+    }
 
     const registryUrl: string = core.getInput('registry-url');
     const alwaysAuth: string = core.getInput('always-auth');