diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 727ff611d0..673124bdc9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ jobs:
             git checkout --force origin/$CI_STABLE_BRANCH -- aio/ .yarn/ .yarnrc
         # Overwrite yarn again to use the version from the checked out branch.
       - overwrite_yarn
+        # Ignore yarn's engines check, because we checked out `aio/package.json` from the stable
+        # branch and there could be a node version skew, which is acceptable in this monitoring job.
+      - run: yarn config set ignore-engines true
       - run:
           name: Run tests against https://angular.io/
           command: ./aio/scripts/test-production.sh https://angular.io/ $CI_AIO_MIN_PWA_SCORE
diff --git a/aio/scripts/test-production.sh b/aio/scripts/test-production.sh
index 24200c51c1..bd5b534680 100755
--- a/aio/scripts/test-production.sh
+++ b/aio/scripts/test-production.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ set +x -eu -o pipefail
   cd "$aioDir"
 
   # Install dependencies.
-  # (Since this script may run on different branches (e.g. stable), ignore the engines check.)
   echo -e "\nInstalling dependencies in '$aioDir'...\n-----"
-  yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines --non-interactive
+  yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
   yarn update-webdriver
 
   # Run checks for target URL.