diff --git a/.github/workflows/js_sdk_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/js_sdk_tests.yml
index a54f151cbc..3a08f0dcb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js_sdk_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js_sdk_tests.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && '~/AppData/Local/ms-playwright' || '~/.cache/ms-playwright' }}
           key: playwright-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.playwright-version.outputs.version }}
 
+      - name: Install Playwright Chromium
+        if: matrix.runtime == 'node'
+        run: pnpm run playwright:install
+
       # The unit bundle test and the Cloudflare deploy config fail in CI when
       # the build output is missing.
       - name: Test build
diff --git a/packages/js-sdk/package.json b/packages/js-sdk/package.json
index b344820b1e..ea36166b00 100644
--- a/packages/js-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/js-sdk/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "generate:volume-api": "openapi-typescript ../../spec/openapi-volumecontent.yml -x api_key --array-length --alphabetize --output src/volume/schema.gen.ts",
     "generate:mcp": "json2ts -i ./../../spec/mcp-server.json -o src/sandbox/mcp.d.ts --unreachableDefinitions --style.singleQuote --no-style.semi",
     "check-deps": "knip",
-    "pretest": "npx playwright install --with-deps chromium",
+    "playwright:install": "playwright install chromium",
     "test:bun": "bunx --bun vitest run --project unit --project connectionConfig --project template",
     "test:cf": "vitest run --config tests/runtimes/cloudflare/vitest.config.mts",
     "test:cf:deploy": "vitest run --config tests/runtimes/cloudflare-deploy/vitest.config.mts",