diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-workflow.yml
index 2d7c376fab..69bdfe2235 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-workflow.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Dashboards observability plugin E2E test
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 env:
   PLUGIN_NAME: dashboards-observability
   OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_VERSION: 'main'
@@ -36,14 +37,18 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '11'
 
       - name: Download observability artifact
-        uses: peternied/download-file@v2
+        uses: suisei-cn/actions-download-file@v1.4.0
         with:
-          url: https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-observability-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.zip
+          url: https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=org.opensearch.plugin&a=opensearch-observability&v=${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT&p=zip
+          target: plugin-artifacts/
+          filename: observability.zip
 
       - name: Download SQL artifact
-        uses: peternied/download-file@v2
+        uses: suisei-cn/actions-download-file@v1.4.0
         with:
-          url: https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/distribution-build-opensearch/${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}/latest/linux/x64/tar/builds/opensearch/plugins/opensearch-sql-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.zip
+          url: https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=org.opensearch.plugin&a=opensearch-sql-plugin&v=${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT&p=zip
+          target: plugin-artifacts/
+          filename: sql.zip
 
       - name: Download OpenSearch
         uses: peternied/download-file@v2
@@ -58,23 +63,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install observability plugin
         run: |
-          /bin/bash -c "yes | ./opensearch-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT/bin/opensearch-plugin install file:$(pwd)/opensearch-observability-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.zip"
+          /bin/bash -c "yes | ./opensearch-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT/bin/opensearch-plugin install file:$(pwd)/plugin-artifacts/observability.zip"
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Install linux SQL plugin
+      - name: Install SQL plugin
         run: |
-          /bin/bash -c "yes | ./opensearch-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT/bin/opensearch-plugin install file:$(pwd)/opensearch-sql-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.zip"
+          /bin/bash -c "yes | ./opensearch-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT/bin/opensearch-plugin install file:$(pwd)/plugin-artifacts/sql.zip"
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Run OpenSearch
         run: /bin/bash -c "./opensearch-${{ env.OPENSEARCH_VERSION }}-SNAPSHOT/bin/opensearch &"
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Sleep while OpenSearch starts
-        uses: peternied/action-sleep@v1
-        with:
-          seconds: 30
-
       - name: Checkout OpenSearch Dashboards
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -87,11 +87,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: OpenSearch-Dashboards/plugins/dashboards-observability
 
+      # While bootstrap requires node >= 16.14.0, OSD hasn't yet updated their version number in
+      # package.json, so we need to hardcode it for now. When it's fixed, this line can dynamically
+      # pull the value:
+      # $(node -p "(require('./OpenSearch-Dashboards/package.json').engines.node).match(/[.0-9]+/)[0]")
       - name: Get node and yarn versions
         working-directory: ${{ env.WORKING_DIR }}
         id: versions_step
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=node_version::$(node -p "(require('./OpenSearch-Dashboards/package.json').engines.node).match(/[.0-9]+/)[0]")"
+          echo "::set-output name=node_version::16"
           echo "::set-output name=yarn_version::$(node -p "(require('./OpenSearch-Dashboards/package.json').engines.yarn).match(/[.0-9]+/)[0]")"
 
       - name: Setup node
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd OpenSearch-Dashboards
           yarn start --no-base-path --no-watch &
-          sleep 400
+          sleep 200
 
       - name: Install Cypress
         run: |