diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
index 48c0ab2b4b..f753fec7f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
@@ -17,32 +17,30 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 100
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3       
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Check node,pnpm Installation and set Path
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: |
+          ./node-pnpm-check.sh
+          echo "make sure below mentioned versions are expected versions"
+          echo "If you are expecting the node and pnpm versions to be updated. Please update the node-pnpm-check.sh script"
+          env
       - name: Setup Node
+        if: ${{ env.SETUP_NODE != 'false' }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18.14.0
+          node-version: ${{ env.NC_REQ_NODE_V }}
       - name: Setup pnpm
+        if: ${{ env.SETUP_PNPM != 'false' }}
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
         with:
-          version: 8
+          version: ${{ env.NC_REQ_PNPM_V }}
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "STORE_PATH=/root/setup-pnpm/node_modules/.bin/store/v3" >> $GITHUB_ENV          
-      - name: check if npm cache is needed
-        shell: bash
-        run: |        
-          IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED="/cache-marker-v1.txt"          
-          # update the above file name to force the cache ex: /cache-marker-v2.txt.
-          if [[ ! -f ${PRE_REQ_CHECK_FILE_PATH} ]];
-          then
-            echo "IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED is true"
-            IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED="true"
-          else
-            IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED="false"  
-          fi
-          echo "IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED=${IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED}" >> $GITHUB_ENV           
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
         if: env.IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED == 'true'
         name: Setup pnpm cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-build-for-playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-build-for-playwright.yml
index c952d58963..079137dfff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-build-for-playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-build-for-playwright.yml
@@ -16,27 +16,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Check node,pnpm Installation and set Path
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: |
+          ./node-pnpm-check.sh
+          echo "make sure below mentioned versions are expected versions"
+          echo "If you are expecting the node and pnpm versions to be updated. Please update the node-pnpm-check.sh script"
+          env
       - name: Setup Node
+        if: ${{ env.SETUP_NODE != 'false' }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18.14.0
+          node-version: ${{ env.NC_REQ_NODE_V }}
       - name: Setup pnpm
+        if: ${{ env.SETUP_PNPM != 'false' }}
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
         with:
-          version: 8        
-      - name: check if npm cache is needed
-        shell: bash
-        run: |        
-          PRE_REQ_CHECK_FILE_PATH="/cache-marker-v1.txt"          
-          # update the above file name to force the cache ex: /cache-marker-v2.txt.
-          if [[ ! -f ${PRE_REQ_CHECK_FILE_PATH} ]];
-          then
-            echo "IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED is true"
-            IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED="true"
-          else
-            IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED="false"  
-          fi
-          echo "IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED=${IS_NPM_CACHE_DOWNLOAD_REQUIRED}" >> $GITHUB_ENV           
+          version: ${{ env.NC_REQ_PNPM_V }}        
       - name: Get pnpm store directory
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh b/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f11f62e665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this script is intended to run in ci/cd job
+# it checks if node and pnpm is installed
+# and sets github env variable to skip installation
+# this is suitable for self-hosted runners with 
+# docker image created from /Users/rajanishgj/Documents/GitHub/nocohub/tests/docker/Dockerfile
+#
+
+NC_REQ_NODE_V="18.17.1"
+NC_REQ_PNPM_V="8.8.0"
+
+NODE_PATH="/home/docker/actions-runner/_work/_tool/node/${NC_REQ_NODE_V}/x64/bin/node"
+PNPM_PATH="/root/setup-pnpm/node_modules/.bin/pnpm"
+
+NC_NODE_V=$($NODE_PATH -v || echo "error")
+NC_PNPM_V=$($PNPM_PATH -v || echo "error") 
+
+if [[ $NC_NODE_V == *$NC_REQ_NODE_V* ]]; then
+    PATH=$PATH:$(dirname $NODE_PATH)
+    SETUP_NODE=false
+fi
+
+if [[ $NC_PNPM_V == $NC_REQ_PNPM_V ]]; then
+    PATH=$PATH:$(dirname $PNPM_PATH)
+    SETUP_PNPM=false
+fi
+
+echo "SETUP_NODE=${SETUP_NODE:-true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "SETUP_PNPM=${SETUP_PNPM:-true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV  
+echo "NC_REQ_NODE_V=${NC_REQ_NODE_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "NC_REQ_PNPM_V=${NC_REQ_PNPM_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV   
+echo "NC_NODE_V=${NC_NODE_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "NC_PNPM_V=${NC_PNPM_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV                           
+echo "PATH=${PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "completed check node and pnpm installation"
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diff --git a/tests/playwright/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh b/tests/playwright/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f11f62e665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/playwright/scripts/self-hosted-gh-runner/node-pnpm-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this script is intended to run in ci/cd job
+# it checks if node and pnpm is installed
+# and sets github env variable to skip installation
+# this is suitable for self-hosted runners with 
+# docker image created from /Users/rajanishgj/Documents/GitHub/nocohub/tests/docker/Dockerfile
+#
+
+NC_REQ_NODE_V="18.17.1"
+NC_REQ_PNPM_V="8.8.0"
+
+NODE_PATH="/home/docker/actions-runner/_work/_tool/node/${NC_REQ_NODE_V}/x64/bin/node"
+PNPM_PATH="/root/setup-pnpm/node_modules/.bin/pnpm"
+
+NC_NODE_V=$($NODE_PATH -v || echo "error")
+NC_PNPM_V=$($PNPM_PATH -v || echo "error") 
+
+if [[ $NC_NODE_V == *$NC_REQ_NODE_V* ]]; then
+    PATH=$PATH:$(dirname $NODE_PATH)
+    SETUP_NODE=false
+fi
+
+if [[ $NC_PNPM_V == $NC_REQ_PNPM_V ]]; then
+    PATH=$PATH:$(dirname $PNPM_PATH)
+    SETUP_PNPM=false
+fi
+
+echo "SETUP_NODE=${SETUP_NODE:-true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "SETUP_PNPM=${SETUP_PNPM:-true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV  
+echo "NC_REQ_NODE_V=${NC_REQ_NODE_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "NC_REQ_PNPM_V=${NC_REQ_PNPM_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV   
+echo "NC_NODE_V=${NC_NODE_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "NC_PNPM_V=${NC_PNPM_V}" >> $GITHUB_ENV                           
+echo "PATH=${PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+echo "completed check node and pnpm installation"
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