diff --git a/internal/node/node_repositories.bzl b/internal/node/node_repositories.bzl
index 087c9ada..6eef8186 100644
--- a/internal/node/node_repositories.bzl
+++ b/internal/node/node_repositories.bzl
@@ -355,9 +355,17 @@ def _prepare_node(repository_ctx):
             repository_ctx.attr.vendored_node.package,
             repository_ctx.attr.vendored_node.name,
         )
+        npm_script = "/".join([f for f in [
+            "../..",
+            repository_ctx.attr.vendored_node.workspace_root,
+            repository_ctx.attr.vendored_node.package,
+            repository_ctx.attr.vendored_node.name,
+            "lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" if not is_windows else "node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js",
+        ] if f])
     else:
         node_path = NODE_EXTRACT_DIR
         node_package = NODE_EXTRACT_DIR
+        npm_script = ("%s/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % NODE_EXTRACT_DIR) if not is_windows else ("%s/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % NODE_EXTRACT_DIR)
 
     if repository_ctx.attr.vendored_yarn:
         yarn_path = "/".join([f for f in [
@@ -381,7 +389,6 @@ def _prepare_node(repository_ctx):
     # Use the npm-cli.js script as the bin for oxs & linux so there are no symlink issues with `%s/bin/npm`
     npm_bin = ("%s/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % node_path) if not is_windows else ("%s/npm.cmd" % node_path)
     npm_bin_label = ("%s/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % node_package) if not is_windows else ("%s/npm.cmd" % node_package)
-    npm_script = ("%s/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % node_path) if not is_windows else ("%s/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" % node_path)
 
     # Use the npx-cli.js script as the bin for oxs & linux so there are no symlink issues with `%s/bin/npx`
     npx_bin = ("%s/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js" % node_path) if not is_windows else ("%s/npx.cmd" % node_path)