diff --git a/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs b/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
index e4dd1410a..67ede8208 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 public static readonly string ToolsDirectory = "agent.ToolsDirectory";
 
-                // Set this env var to force a node version for internal functions (e.g hashfiles). This does NOT affect the version of node actions.
-                public static readonly string ForcedNodeVersion = "GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_NODE_VERSION"; 
+                // Set this env var to "node12" to downgrade the node version for internal functions (e.g hashfiles). This does NOT affect the version of node actions.
+                public static readonly string ForcedInternalNodeVersion = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_INTERNAL_NODE_VERSION"; 
             }
 
             public static class System
diff --git a/src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs b/src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs
index 13a213256..d537de1cc 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
     {
         private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node16";
         public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] {"node12", "node16"});
-        public static string GetNodeVersion()
+        public static string GetInternalNodeVersion()
         {
-            var forcedNodeVersion = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedNodeVersion);
+            var forcedNodeVersion = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion);
             return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(forcedNodeVersion) && BuiltInNodeVersions.Contains(forcedNodeVersion) ? forcedNodeVersion : _defaultNodeVersion;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs
index fd1461a6b..b2e58b41c 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                     });
 
                     var downloadCertScript = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "checkScripts", "downloadCert");
-                    var node = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    var node = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node} \"{downloadCertScript}\"' ");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(env)}");
                     await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
index 2ab61d7d6..931b248fe 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                     });
 
                     var makeWebRequestScript = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "checkScripts", "makeWebRequest.js");
-                    var node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    var node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node} \"{makeWebRequestScript}\"' ");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(env)}");
                     await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs
index ae6d780af..81e2d1dec 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
             var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             string binDir = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin);
-            string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+            string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
             string hashFilesScript = Path.Combine(binDir, "hashFiles");
             var hashResult = string.Empty;
 
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
index a79f2b66d..48366b310 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             if (Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.ForceInternalNodeVersionOnRunnerTo12") ?? false)
             {
-                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedNodeVersion, "node12");
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion, "node12");
             }
 
             // Environment variables shared across all actions
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs
index d07a1bc17..572e7b251 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
             string binDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
             string runnerRoot = new DirectoryInfo(binDir).Parent.FullName;
 
-            string node = Path.Combine(runnerRoot, "externals", NodeUtil.GetNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+            string node = Path.Combine(runnerRoot, "externals", NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
             string hashFilesScript = Path.Combine(binDir, "hashFiles");
             var hashResult = string.Empty;
             var p = new ProcessInvoker(new HashFilesTrace(context.Trace));
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs
index 6887c2732..bd4cfc672 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
-using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
 {
diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
index a5a71c97e..ba63c133b 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
             if (Environment.ContainsKey("DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES"))  // We don't check `isContainerStepHost` because we don't support container on macOS
             {
                 // launch `node macOSRunInvoker.js shell args` instead of `shell args` to avoid macOS SIP remove `DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES` when launch process
-                string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
                 string macOSRunInvoker = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "macos-run-invoker.js");
                 arguments = $"\"{macOSRunInvoker.Replace("\"", "\\\"")}\" \"{fileName.Replace("\"", "\\\"")}\" {arguments}";
                 fileName = node;