diff --git a/.circleci/config.base.yml b/.circleci/config.base.yml
index 91a3a164..ea5774da 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.base.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.base.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ install_cli_with_local_codegen: &install_cli
     setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
     changeNpmGlobalPath
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli-internal
+    npm uninstall -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api@5.4.1
     amplify -v
     npm list --global --depth=1
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bf286a53..8fe08915 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ install_cli_with_local_codegen: &ref_3
     setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
     changeNpmGlobalPath
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli-internal
+    npm uninstall -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api@5.4.1
     amplify -v
     npm list --global --depth=1
diff --git a/shared-scripts.sh b/shared-scripts.sh
index 630cba6d..9a8c409d 100644
--- a/shared-scripts.sh
+++ b/shared-scripts.sh
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ function _installCLIFromLocalRegistry {
     setNpmRegistryUrlToLocal
     changeNpmGlobalPath
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli-internal
+    npm uninstall -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api
     npm install -g @aws-amplify/amplify-category-api@5.4.1
     echo "using Amplify CLI version: "$(amplify --version)
     npm list -g --depth=1 | grep -e '@aws-amplify/amplify-category-api' -e 'amplify-codegen'