diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/scripts/xds.sh b/packages/grpc-js-xds/scripts/xds.sh
index a779351e2..3d90f9566 100755
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/scripts/xds.sh
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/scripts/xds.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ cd $base/../grpc-reflection
 npm install
 
 # grpc-js-xds has a dev dependency on "../grpc-js", so it should pull that in automatically
+cd $base
 npm install
 
 cd ../../..