diff --git a/src/install/frontend.py b/src/install/frontend.py
index 80f7079f9..abd08aae8 100644
--- a/src/install/frontend.py
+++ b/src/install/frontend.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import logging
 import os
+import re
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import Path
+from shlex import split
 from subprocess import PIPE, STDOUT
 
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+
 import config
 from helperFunctions.install import (
     InstallationError,
@@ -20,8 +25,10 @@
 DEFAULT_CERT = '.\n.\n.\n.\n.\nexample.com\n.\n\n\n'
 INSTALL_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
 PIP_DEPENDENCIES = INSTALL_DIR / 'requirements_frontend.txt'
-MIME_ICON_DIR = INSTALL_DIR.parent / 'web_interface' / 'static' / 'file_icons'
+STATIC_WEB_DIR = INSTALL_DIR.parent / 'web_interface' / 'static'
+MIME_ICON_DIR = STATIC_WEB_DIR / 'file_icons'
 ICON_THEME_INSTALL_PATH = Path('/usr/share/icons/Papirus/24x24')
+NODEENV_DIR = 'nodeenv'
 
 
 def execute_commands_and_raise_on_return_code(commands, error=None):
@@ -142,6 +149,40 @@ def _copy_mime_icons():
         run_cmd_with_logging(f'cp -rL {ICON_THEME_INSTALL_PATH / source} {MIME_ICON_DIR / target}')
 
 
+def _node_version_is_up_to_date(nodejs_version: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        proc = subprocess.run(split('./nodeenv/bin/node --version'), capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        installed_version = proc.stdout.strip().lstrip('v')
+        return installed_version == nodejs_version
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError):  # venv dir exists but node is not installed correctly
+        return False
+
+
+def _install_nodejs(nodejs_version: str = '22'):
+    latest_version = _find_latest_node_version(nodejs_version)
+    with OperateInDirectory(STATIC_WEB_DIR):
+        if Path(NODEENV_DIR).is_dir() and not _node_version_is_up_to_date(latest_version):
+            shutil.rmtree(NODEENV_DIR)
+
+        if Path(NODEENV_DIR).is_dir():
+            logging.info('Skipping nodeenv installation (already exists)')
+        else:
+            run_cmd_with_logging(f'nodeenv {NODEENV_DIR} --node={latest_version} --prebuilt')
+        run_cmd_with_logging(f'. {NODEENV_DIR}/bin/activate && npm install --no-fund .', shell=True)
+
+
+def _find_latest_node_version(target_version: str) -> str:
+    proc = subprocess.run(split('nodeenv --list'), capture_output=True, text=True, check=False)
+    if proc.returncode != 0:
+        raise InstallationError('nodejs installation failed. Is nodeenv installed?')
+    available_versions = [
+        parse_version(v) for v in re.split(r'[\n\t ]', proc.stderr) if v and v.startswith(target_version)
+    ]
+    if not available_versions:
+        raise InstallationError(f'No nodejs installation candidates found for version "{target_version}"')
+    return str(max(available_versions))
+
+
 def main(skip_docker, radare, nginx, distribution):
     if distribution != 'fedora':
         pkgs = read_package_list_from_file(INSTALL_DIR / 'apt-pkgs-frontend.txt')
@@ -157,10 +198,7 @@ def main(skip_docker, radare, nginx, distribution):
 
     install_pip_packages(PIP_DEPENDENCIES)
 
-    # npm does not allow us to install packages to a specific directory
-    with OperateInDirectory('../../src/web_interface/static'):
-        # EBADENGINE can probably be ignored because we probably don't need node.
-        run_cmd_with_logging('npm install --no-fund .')
+    _install_nodejs()
 
     # create user database
     _create_directory_for_authentication()
diff --git a/src/install/pre_install.sh b/src/install/pre_install.sh
index 3534e2eed..7fdeee9c5 100755
--- a/src/install/pre_install.sh
+++ b/src/install/pre_install.sh
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ then
 fi
 sudo usermod -aG docker "$FACTUSER"
 
-# Setup npm repository as described in https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#debian-and-ubuntu-based-distributions
-curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg --batch --yes
-echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_18.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-
 IS_VENV=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.exec_prefix!=sys.base_prefix)')
 PREFIX=""
 if [[ $IS_VENV == "False" ]]
diff --git a/src/install/requirements_frontend.txt b/src/install/requirements_frontend.txt
index fc47c47ba..24461cc5e 100644
--- a/src/install/requirements_frontend.txt
+++ b/src/install/requirements_frontend.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ quantiphy~=2.20
 uwsgi~=2.0.25.1
 virtualenv~=20.26.1
 
+# npm installation
+nodeenv~=1.8.0
+
 # must be below dependent packages (flask, flask-login, flask-restx)
 werkzeug~=3.0.3
 
diff --git a/src/install/requirements_pre_install.txt b/src/install/requirements_pre_install.txt
index 24580206d..3c251b550 100644
--- a/src/install/requirements_pre_install.txt
+++ b/src/install/requirements_pre_install.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ virtualenv
 
 # Python Libraries for python based installation
 distro==1.8.0
+packaging==23.0
 python-magic==0.4.27
 requests==2.32.2
 # Needed by config.py