diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
index 625c63f95ab..d1da867ac87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-node-modules.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,23 @@ jobs:
           path: .build/node_modules_cache
           key: "node_modules-linux-${{ hashFiles('.build/packagelockhash') }}"
 
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        working-directory: build
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          for i in {1..5}; do # try 5 times
+            npm ci && break
+            if [ $i -eq 5 ]; then
+              echo "Npm install failed too many times" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Npm install failed $i, trying again..."
+          done
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.cache-node-modules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
diff --git a/build/lib/tsb/builder.js b/build/lib/tsb/builder.js
index 71c7a78e9a1..b149cf5ade6 100644
--- a/build/lib/tsb/builder.js
+++ b/build/lib/tsb/builder.js
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ function createTypeScriptBuilder(config, projectFile, cmd) {
             // print stats
             const headNow = process.memoryUsage().heapUsed;
             const MB = 1024 * 1024;
-            _log('[tsb]', `time:  ${ansi_colors_1.default.yellow((Date.now() - t1) + 'ms')} + \nmem:  ${ansi_colors_1.default.cyan(Math.ceil(headNow / MB) + 'MB')} ${ansi_colors_1.default.bgcyan('delta: ' + Math.ceil((headNow - headUsed) / MB))}`);
+            _log('[tsb]', `time:  ${ansi_colors_1.default.yellow((Date.now() - t1) + 'ms')} + \nmem:  ${ansi_colors_1.default.cyan(Math.ceil(headNow / MB) + 'MB')} ${ansi_colors_1.default.bgCyan('delta: ' + Math.ceil((headNow - headUsed) / MB))}`);
             headUsed = headNow;
         });
     }
diff --git a/build/lib/tsb/builder.ts b/build/lib/tsb/builder.ts
index 3ca3a0d6ead..79ae06d73f7 100644
--- a/build/lib/tsb/builder.ts
+++ b/build/lib/tsb/builder.ts
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export function createTypeScriptBuilder(config: IConfiguration, projectFile: str
 			const MB = 1024 * 1024;
 			_log(
 				'[tsb]',
-				`time:  ${colors.yellow((Date.now() - t1) + 'ms')} + \nmem:  ${colors.cyan(Math.ceil(headNow / MB) + 'MB')} ${colors.bgcyan('delta: ' + Math.ceil((headNow - headUsed) / MB))}`
+				`time:  ${colors.yellow((Date.now() - t1) + 'ms')} + \nmem:  ${colors.cyan(Math.ceil(headNow / MB) + 'MB')} ${colors.bgCyan('delta: ' + Math.ceil((headNow - headUsed) / MB))}`
 			);
 			headUsed = headNow;
 		});
diff --git a/build/package-lock.json b/build/package-lock.json
index 0c15a8215c8..8a01fc58fcb 100644
--- a/build/package-lock.json
+++ b/build/package-lock.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
         "@vscode/iconv-lite-umd": "0.7.0",
         "@vscode/ripgrep": "^1.15.13",
         "@vscode/vsce": "2.20.1",
+        "ansi-colors": "^3.2.3",
         "byline": "^5.0.0",
         "debug": "^4.3.2",
         "electron-osx-sign": "^0.4.16",
@@ -1427,15 +1428,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ansi-colors": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-SFKX67auSNoVR38N3L+nvsPjOE0bybKTYbkf5tRvushrAPQ9V75huw0ZxBkKVeRU9kqH3d6HA4xTckbwZ4ixmA==",
-      "devOptional": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-wrap": "^0.1.0"
-      },
+      "version": "3.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-3.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hHUXGagefjN2iRrID63xckIvotOXOojhQKWIPUZ4mNUZ9nLZW+7FMNoE1lOkEhNWYsx/7ysGIuJYCiMAA9FnrA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+        "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ansi-gray": {
@@ -3664,6 +3663,19 @@
         "node": ">= 0.10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/plugin-error/node_modules/ansi-colors": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SFKX67auSNoVR38N3L+nvsPjOE0bybKTYbkf5tRvushrAPQ9V75huw0ZxBkKVeRU9kqH3d6HA4xTckbwZ4ixmA==",
+      "devOptional": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-wrap": "^0.1.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/prebuild-install": {
       "version": "7.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prebuild-install/-/prebuild-install-7.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
index 6e2fca698ff..4096a1fdb30 100644
--- a/build/package.json
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "@vscode/iconv-lite-umd": "0.7.0",
     "@vscode/ripgrep": "^1.15.13",
     "@vscode/vsce": "2.20.1",
+    "ansi-colors": "^3.2.3",
     "byline": "^5.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.2",
     "electron-osx-sign": "^0.4.16",