diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ae3c9b56..ff076373 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-FROM node:16.15-buster-slim
+# XXX: Before updating this, make sure the issues around `npm` silently exiting
+# with error 243 issues are solved:
+#  - https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/4996
+#  - https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/4769
+FROM node:16.14.2-buster-slim
 
 RUN mkdir -p /app
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN npm install npm@^8 --location=global
-
 # Copy the health-check script
 COPY docker-health-check.js /app/