diff --git a/aio/package.json b/aio/package.json
index 0431e3d634..c575a860d5 100644
--- a/aio/package.json
+++ b/aio/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "~~check-env": "node scripts/check-environment",
     "~~build": "ng build --target=production --environment=stable -sm --build-optimizer",
     "post~~build": "yarn sw-manifest && yarn sw-copy",
-    "~~update-webdriver": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false"
+    "~~update-webdriver": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=6.9.5 <7.0.0",
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json b/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
index 85ba989112..9c665fc06d 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "http-server": "http-server",
     "protractor": "protractor",
-    "webdriver:update": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false",
+    "webdriver:update": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "postinstall": "yarn webdriver:update"
   },
   "keywords": [],
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
index 51ec7029ba..78519201cc 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "protractor": "file:../../node_modules/protractor"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false",
+    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false --standalone false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "closure": "java -jar node_modules/google-closure-compiler/compiler.jar --flagfile closure.conf",
     "test": "ngc && yarn run closure && concurrently \"yarn run serve\" \"yarn run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
     "serve": "lite-server -c e2e/browser.config.json",
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__systemjs_umd/package.json b/integration/hello_world__systemjs_umd/package.json
index c3b3fb42b2..bc65edc9bc 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__systemjs_umd/package.json
+++ b/integration/hello_world__systemjs_umd/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false",
+    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false --standalone false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "test": "concurrently \"npm run serve\" \"npm run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
     "serve": "lite-server -c bs-config.e2e.json",
     "preprotractor": "tsc -p e2e",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e99953aacb..df5f92f5d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "preinstall": "node -e \"if(process.env.npm_execpath.indexOf('yarn') === -1) throw new Error('Please use Yarn instead of NPM to install dependencies. See: https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/')\"",
-    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false",
+    "postinstall": "yarn update-webdriver",
+    "update-webdriver": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "check-env": "gulp check-env"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json b/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json
index 8f57802a95..9ce9f58dce 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json
+++ b/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
     "webpack": "^2.2.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false --standalone false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "build": "./build.sh",
     "test": "npm run build && concurrently \"npm run serve\" \"npm run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
     "serve": "node built/server-bundle.js",
-    "preprotractor": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false && tsc -p e2e",
+    "preprotractor": "tsc -p e2e",
     "protractor": "protractor e2e/protractor.config.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env.sh b/scripts/ci/env.sh
index adcfc73633..b820e90d88 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/env.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/env.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function  setEnvVar() {
   if [[ ${print} == "print" ]]; then
     echo ${name}=${value}
   fi
-  export ${name}=${value}
+  export ${name}="${value}"
 }
 
 # use BASH_SOURCE so that we get the right path when this script is called AND source-d
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fi
 setEnvVar NODE_VERSION 6.9.5
 setEnvVar YARN_VERSION 1.0.2
 setEnvVar CHROMIUM_VERSION 499098 # Chrome 62 linux stable, see https://www.chromium.org/developers/calendar
+setEnvVar CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG "--versions.chrome 2.33"
 setEnvVar SAUCE_CONNECT_VERSION 4.4.9
 setEnvVar PROJECT_ROOT $(cd ${thisDir}/../..; pwd)
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/install.sh b/scripts/ci/install.sh
index 74ba83fe50..20479787c9 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/install.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ travisFoldEnd "install-yarn"
 
 # Install all npm dependencies according to yarn.lock
 travisFoldStart "yarn-install"
-  node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge || yarn install --freeze-lockfile --non-interactive
+  (node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge && yarn update-webdriver) || yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
 travisFoldEnd "yarn-install"
 
 
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS} && (${CI_MODE} == "browserstack_required" || ${CI_MODE} == "brow
 fi
 
 
-# Install Selenium WebDriver
-travisFoldStart "webdriver-manager-update"
-  $(npm bin)/webdriver-manager update
-travisFoldEnd "webdriver-manager-update"
-
-
 # Install bower packages
 travisFoldStart "bower-install"
   $(npm bin)/bower install