diff --git a/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh b/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
index 0870c94..0c19307 100644
--- a/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ set -o errexit  # Exit the script with error if any of the commands fail
 ## a full nodejs version, in the format v<major>.<minor>.patch
 export NODE_LTS_VERSION=${NODE_LTS_VERSION:-14}
 # npm version can be defined in the environment for cases where we need to install
-# a version lower than latest to support EOL Node versions.
-export NPM_VERSION=${NPM_VERSION:-latest}
-
-echo "Installing Node.js $NODE_LTS_VERSION with npm@$NPM_VERSION"
-
+# a version lower than latest to support EOL Node versions. When not provided will
+# be handled by this script in drivers tools.
 source $DRIVERS_TOOLS/.evergreen/install-node.sh
 
 npm install --build-from-source
diff --git a/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh b/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
index 5ae2387..57bd0b9 100644
--- a/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/prepare-shell.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export DRIVERS_TOOLS
 
 if [ ! -d "$DRIVERS_TOOLS" ]; then
   # Only clone driver tools if it does not exist
-  git clone --depth=1 "https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.git" "${DRIVERS_TOOLS}"
+  git clone --depth=1 --branch NODE-6636 "https://github.com/mongodb-labs/drivers-evergreen-tools.git" "${DRIVERS_TOOLS}"
 fi
 
 echo "installed DRIVERS_TOOLS from commit $(git -C "${DRIVERS_TOOLS}" rev-parse HEAD)"