diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c2de637bcf..ed518d709a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             eval $PRE_TEST_COMMANDS;
             pushd tools
+            npm install @types/node --save-dev
             # Ensure that meteor/tools has no TypeScript errors.
             ../meteor npx tsc --noEmit
             popd