diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/tasks/main.yml b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/tasks/main.yml
index 8a4591c3..4e858b61 100755
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
     name: "nodejs={{ TARGET_NODE_VERSION | regex_replace('x', '') }}*"
     state: present
 
-- name: "Install system packages: npm"
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: "npm"
-    state: "present"
-
 - name: Load NPM and Node binaries
   include_role:
     name: load_binary
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/vars/main.yml b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/vars/main.yml
index c528c906..9ad00c1e 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/vars/main.yml
+++ b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles/setup_lib_npm/vars/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ LIB_DIR_BIN: '{{LIB_DIR}}/bin'
 LIB_DIR_NPM: '{{LIB_DIR}}/npm'
 LIB_DIR_NPM_BIN: '{{LIB_DIR_NPM}}/node_modules/.bin'
 
-TARGET_NODE_VERSION: '22'
+TARGET_NODE_VERSION: '21'
 MIN_NODE_VERSION: '20.0.0'
 MIN_NPM_VERSION: '10.0.0'
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/install_puppeteer.yml b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/install_puppeteer.yml
index 6085952c..d277685b 100755
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/install_puppeteer.yml
+++ b/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/install_puppeteer.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     - include_role:
         name: setup_lib_npm
       vars:
+        TARGET_NODE_VERSION: '21'
         MIN_NODE_VERSION: '20.0.0'
         MIN_NPM_VERSION: '10.0.0'