diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 488d394f..02137e59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Node.js 21.x
           node-version: "21.6"
-        
+
         - name: Node.js 22.x
           node-version: "22.0"
 
@@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ jobs:
         nvm install --default ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         dirname "$(nvm which ${{ matrix.node-version }})" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
-    - name: Configure npm
-      run: |
-        npm config set loglevel error
-        if [[ "$(npm config get package-lock)" == "true" ]]; then
-          npm config set package-lock false
-        else
-          npm config set shrinkwrap false
-        fi
-
     - name: Install npm module(s) ${{ matrix.npm-i }}
       run: npm install --save-dev ${{ matrix.npm-i }}
       if: matrix.npm-i != ''
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43c97e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false
diff --git a/test/support/utils.js b/test/support/utils.js
index 440a0269..a4d9fb8b 100644
--- a/test/support/utils.js
+++ b/test/support/utils.js
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ function getMajorVersion(versionString) {
 }
 
 function shouldSkipQuery(versionString) {
-  // Temporarily skipping this test on 21 and 22
+  // Temporarily skipping this test on 22
   // update this implementation to run on those release lines on supported versions once they exist
   // upstream tracking https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51719
   // express tracking issue: https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/5615
   var majorsToSkip = {
-    "21": true,
     "22": true
   }
   return majorsToSkip[getMajorVersion(versionString)]