diff --git a/scripts/test-install.sh b/scripts/test-install.sh
index 15d1a552dee6d..c7d14e4f40a28 100755
--- a/scripts/test-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-install.sh
@@ -127,3 +127,31 @@ echo '{"type":"module"}' >>$TMPDIR/package.json
 npm install --loglevel silent "${tarball}"
 node --input-type="module" --eval="import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core'"
 node --input-type="module" --eval="import 'puppeteer-core/lib/esm/puppeteer/revisions.js';"
+
+echo "Testing... Puppeteer Core launch with executablePath"
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+cd "$TMPDIR"
+echo '{"type":"module"}' >> "$TMPDIR/package.json"
+npm install --loglevel silent "${tarball}"
+# The test tries to launch the node process because
+# real browsers are not downloaded by puppeteer-core.
+# The expected error is "Failed to launch the browser process"
+# so the test verifies that it does not fail for other reasons.
+node --input-type="module" --eval="
+import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core';
+(async () => {
+  puppeteer.launch({
+    product: 'firefox',
+    executablePath: 'node'
+  }).catch(error => error.message.includes('Failed to launch the browser process') ? process.exit(0) : process.exit(1));
+})();
+"
+node --input-type="module" --eval="
+import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core';
+(async () => {
+  puppeteer.launch({
+    product: 'chrome',
+    executablePath: 'node'
+  }).catch(error => error.message.includes('Failed to launch the browser process') ? process.exit(0) : process.exit(1));
+})();
+"
diff --git a/src/node/FirefoxLauncher.ts b/src/node/FirefoxLauncher.ts
index c27f1b8d8b374..7f36fb42f016e 100644
--- a/src/node/FirefoxLauncher.ts
+++ b/src/node/FirefoxLauncher.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ export class FirefoxLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
       firefoxArguments.push(userDataDir);
     }
 
-    await this._updateRevision();
+    if (!this._isPuppeteerCore) {
+      await this._updateRevision();
+    }
     let firefoxExecutable = executablePath;
     if (!executablePath) {
       const {missingText, executablePath} = resolveExecutablePath(this);