diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 8dd222bd2b..c771e31c4e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ npm_install(
         ".json",
         ".proto",
     ],
+    npm_command = "install",
     package_json = "//:tools/fine_grained_deps_npm/package.json",
     package_lock_json = "//:tools/fine_grained_deps_npm/package-lock.json",
     symlink_node_modules = False,
diff --git a/internal/bazel_integration_test/test_runner.js b/internal/bazel_integration_test/test_runner.js
index 07942101e9..00824481b7 100644
--- a/internal/bazel_integration_test/test_runner.js
+++ b/internal/bazel_integration_test/test_runner.js
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ if (config.bazelrcAppend) {
     workspaceContents =
         workspaceContents.replace(/(yarn_lock[\s\S]+?,)/gm, 'frozen_lockfile = False,\n    $1')
 
+    // We have to use npm install in favour of npm ci as the package-lock.json would not match the
+    // replaced version
+    workspaceContents = workspaceContents.replace(
+        /(package_lock_json[\s\S]+?,)/gm, 'npm_command = "install",\n    $1')
+
     if (!workspaceContents.includes(archiveFile)) {
       console.error(
           `bazel_integration_test: WORKSPACE replacement for repository ${repositoryKey} failed!`)
diff --git a/internal/npm_install/npm_install.bzl b/internal/npm_install/npm_install.bzl
index 6e48d79f8a..6ac2aa72ba 100644
--- a/internal/npm_install/npm_install.bzl
+++ b/internal/npm_install/npm_install.bzl
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ def _npm_install_impl(repository_ctx):
     is_windows_host = is_windows_os(repository_ctx)
     node = repository_ctx.path(get_node_label(repository_ctx))
     npm = get_npm_label(repository_ctx)
-    npm_args = ["install"] + repository_ctx.attr.args
+
+    # Set the base command (install or ci)
+    npm_args = [repository_ctx.attr.npm_command]
+
+    npm_args.extend(repository_ctx.attr.args)
 
     # If symlink_node_modules is true then run the package manager
     # in the package.json folder; otherwise, run it in the root of
@@ -303,6 +307,17 @@ npm_install = repository_rule(
 See npm CLI docs https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install.html for complete list of supported arguments.""",
             default = [],
         ),
+        "npm_command": attr.string(
+            default = "ci",
+            doc = """The npm command to run, to install dependencies.
+            
+            See npm docs <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands>
+            
+            In particular, for "ci" it says:
+            > If dependencies in the package lock do not match those in package.json, npm ci will exit with an error, instead of updating the package lock.
+            """,
+            values = ["ci", "install"],
+        ),
         "package_lock_json": attr.label(
             mandatory = True,
             allow_single_file = True,