diff --git a/tests/end_to_end/test_vulnerability_detector/test_vulnerability_detector.py b/tests/end_to_end/test_vulnerability_detector/test_vulnerability_detector.py
index 549e33ad74..8029812d03 100644
--- a/tests/end_to_end/test_vulnerability_detector/test_vulnerability_detector.py
+++ b/tests/end_to_end/test_vulnerability_detector/test_vulnerability_detector.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def load_vulnerability_detector_configurations(host_manager):
 
     return configurations
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
+@pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
 def install_npm(host_manager: HostManager):
     """Ensure npm is installed on macOS agents."""
     for host in host_manager.get_group_hosts('agent'):