diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/update/update-9.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/update/update-9.ts
index 69623ea76f49..00b9303f5c08 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/update/update-9.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/update/update-9.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export default async function () {
     await setRegistry(false);
     await installWorkspacePackages();
 
+    process.env['NG_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK'] = '1';
+
     // Update Angular to 10
     await installPackage('@angular/cli@9');
     const { stdout } = await ng('update', '@angular/cli@10.x', '@angular/core@10.x');
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ export default async function () {
     // Update Angular to 11
     await ng('update', '@angular/cli@11', '@angular/core@11');
 
+    delete process.env['NG_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK'];
+
     // Update Angular to 12
     await ng('update', '@angular/cli@12', '@angular/core@12');
   } finally {