diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b2aca118..412d7bd8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     "docker:check": "docker run --rm --interactive leon-ai/leon npm run check"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "leon-nodejs-bridge": "file:./bridges/nodejs",
     "@aws-sdk/client-polly": "3.18.0",
     "@fastify/static": "6.9.0",
     "@ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg": "1.1.0",
diff --git a/scripts/setup/setup-binaries.js b/scripts/setup/setup-binaries.js
index ee1eb937..d6cfad6a 100644
--- a/scripts/setup/setup-binaries.js
+++ b/scripts/setup/setup-binaries.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import stream from 'node:stream'
 import readline from 'node:readline'
 
 import axios from 'axios'
+import { command } from 'execa'
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes'
 import prettyMilliseconds from 'pretty-ms'
 import extractZip from 'extract-zip'
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import extractZip from 'extract-zip'
 import {
   BINARIES_FOLDER_NAME,
   GITHUB_URL,
+  NODEJS_BRIDGE_ROOT_PATH,
   NODEJS_BRIDGE_DIST_PATH,
   PYTHON_BRIDGE_DIST_PATH,
   TCP_SERVER_DIST_PATH,
@@ -96,6 +98,23 @@ const setupBinaries = async (key) => {
       fs.promises.rm(archivePath, { recursive: true, force: true })
     ])
 
+    if (key === 'nodejs-bridge') {
+      try {
+        LogHelper.info('Installing Node.js bridge npm packages...')
+
+        await command(
+          `npm install --package-lock=false --prefix ${NODEJS_BRIDGE_ROOT_PATH}`,
+          {
+            shell: true
+          }
+        )
+
+        LogHelper.success('Node.js bridge npm packages installed')
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to install Node.js bridge npm packages: ${e}`)
+      }
+    }
+
     try {
       LogHelper.info(`Downloading ${name}...`)