diff --git a/__tests__/installer.test.ts b/__tests__/installer.test.ts
index c5797708..9d577a53 100644
--- a/__tests__/installer.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/installer.test.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ describe('installer tests', () => {
     }
   }, 100000);
 
-  it('Uses version of node installed in cache', async () => {
+  // Usage of pre-cached Node.js is temporarily disabled.
+  xit('Uses version of node installed in cache', async () => {
     const nodeDir: string = path.join(toolDir, 'node', '250.0.0', os.arch());
     await io.mkdirP(nodeDir);
     fs.writeFileSync(`${nodeDir}.complete`, 'hello');
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 642ae83e..69c25561 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -12249,7 +12249,8 @@ function getNode(versionSpec) {
                 // check cache
                 toolPath = tc.find('node', version);
             }
-            if (!toolPath) {
+            // Usage of pre-cached Node.js is temporarily disabled.
+            if (true) {
                 // download, extract, cache
                 toolPath = yield acquireNode(version);
             }
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index a83fba9f..6267e0c8 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ export async function getNode(versionSpec: string) {
       toolPath = tc.find('node', version);
     }
 
-    if (!toolPath) {
+    // Usage of pre-cached Node.js is temporarily disabled.
+    if (true) {
       // download, extract, cache
       toolPath = await acquireNode(version);
     }