diff --git a/10/s2i/bin/assemble b/10/s2i/bin/assemble
index 78c9b975..baa16ed1 100755
--- a/10/s2i/bin/assemble
+++ b/10/s2i/bin/assemble
@@ -81,11 +81,27 @@ fi
 if [ "$NODE_ENV" != "production" ]; then
 
 	echo "---> Building your Node application from source"
+
+	# We will be using npm CI by default for more information please refer to
+	# https://github.com/sclorg/s2i-nodejs-container/issues/212
+	echo "---> Installing dependencies with npm ci"
+	npm ci || \
+	# npm ci will fail if certain conditions aren't met as mentioned in
+	# https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/ci.html#description
+	echo "---> npm ci failed, installing dependencies with npm install"; \
 	npm install
 
 else
 
 	echo "---> Installing all dependencies"
+
+	# We will be using npm CI by default for more information please refer to
+	# https://github.com/sclorg/s2i-nodejs-container/issues/212
+	echo "---> Installing dependencies with npm ci"
+	NODE_ENV=development npm ci || \
+	# npm ci will fail if certain conditions aren't met as mentioned in
+	# https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/ci.html#description
+	echo "---> npm ci failed, installing dependencies with npm install"; \
 	NODE_ENV=development npm install
 
 	#do not fail when there is no build script
diff --git a/12/s2i/bin/assemble b/12/s2i/bin/assemble
index 78c9b975..e1e46671 100755
--- a/12/s2i/bin/assemble
+++ b/12/s2i/bin/assemble
@@ -81,11 +81,26 @@ fi
 if [ "$NODE_ENV" != "production" ]; then
 
 	echo "---> Building your Node application from source"
-	npm install
 
+	# We will be using npm CI by default for more information please refer to
+	# https://github.com/sclorg/s2i-nodejs-container/issues/212
+	echo "---> Installing dependencies with npm ci"
+	npm ci || \
+	# npm ci will fail if certain conditions aren't met as mentioned in
+	# https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/ci.html#description
+	echo "---> npm ci failed, installing dependencies with npm install"; \
+	npm install
 else
 
 	echo "---> Installing all dependencies"
+
+	# We will be using npm CI by default for more information please refer to
+	# https://github.com/sclorg/s2i-nodejs-container/issues/212
+	echo "---> Installing dependencies with npm ci"
+	NODE_ENV=development npm ci || \
+	# npm ci will fail if certain conditions aren't met as mentioned in
+	# https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/ci.html#description
+	echo "---> npm ci failed, installing dependencies with npm install"; \
 	NODE_ENV=development npm install
 
 	#do not fail when there is no build script