ci: debugging

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        # node 16.14.2 ships with a buggy version of npm 🤷‍♂️
+        # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/42397
+        # TODO revert this back to 16.x when node pushes a new version
         node-version:
           - 14
-          - 16
+          - 16.14.0
           - 18
 
     steps:
@@ -22,9 +25,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
-      # Node 14 still ships with npm@6, and Node 16.14.2 ships with a buggy version of npm so for
-      # compatibility reasons we're installing the latest version of npm
+      # Node 14 still ships with npm@6 so for compatibility reasons we're upping
+      # this to match everything else.
       - name: Install npm@8
+        if: matrix.node-version == '14'
         run: npm install -g npm@8
 
       - run: npm ci