diff --git a/scripts/integration-tests/e2e-create-react-app.sh b/scripts/integration-tests/e2e-create-react-app.sh
index 86fcfddc73..e0092aac84 100755
--- a/scripts/integration-tests/e2e-create-react-app.sh
+++ b/scripts/integration-tests/e2e-create-react-app.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ set -x
 git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app.git tmp/create-react-app
 cd tmp/create-react-app || exit
 
-# Update npm to v7
-npm i -g npm@7
+# CircleCI already has npm 7
+if [ "$BABEL_8_BREAKING" != true ] ; then
+  npm i -g npm@7
+fi
 
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