diff --git a/aio/package.json b/aio/package.json
index 3f395f3672..203e3d4099 100644
--- a/aio/package.json
+++ b/aio/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "~~check-env": "node scripts/check-environment",
     "~~build": "ng build --target=production --environment=stable -sm",
     "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": ">=8.9.1 <9.0.0",
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/run-example-e2e.js b/aio/tools/examples/run-example-e2e.js
index 3783744184..3cacd7573c 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/run-example-e2e.js
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/run-example-e2e.js
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ function runProtractorAoT(appDir, outputFile) {
 // All protractor output is appended to the outputFile.
 // CLI version
 function runE2eTestsCLI(appDir, outputFile) {
-  // --preserve-symlinks is needed due the symlinked node_modules in each example
-  const e2eSpawn = spawnExt('yarn', ['e2e', '--preserve-symlinks'], { cwd: appDir });
+  // `--preserve-symlinks` is needed due the symlinked `node_modules/` in each example.
+  // `--no-webdriver-update` is needed to preserve the ChromeDriver version already installed.
+  const args = ['e2e', '--preserve-symlinks', '--no-webdriver-update'];
+  const e2eSpawn = spawnExt('yarn', args, { cwd: appDir });
   return e2eSpawn.promise.then(
     function () {
       fs.appendFileSync(outputFile, `Passed: ${appDir}\n\n`);
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json b/aio/tools/examples/shared/package.json
index 3e17b7ac7d..6ed6c84ad3 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/dynamic-compiler/package.json b/integration/dynamic-compiler/package.json
index 59b2de6980..24c178f7e0 100644
--- a/integration/dynamic-compiler/package.json
+++ b/integration/dynamic-compiler/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "ngc": "ngc -p tsconfig.json",
     "rollup": "rollup -f iife -c rollup.config.js -o dist/bundle.es2015.js",
     "rollup:lazy": "rollup -f cjs -c rollup.lazy.config.js -o dist/lazy.bundle.es2015.js",
-    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false",
+    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false --standalone false $CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION_ARG",
     "preprotractor": "tsc -p e2e",
     "protractor": "protractor e2e/protractor.config.js",
     "serve": "lite-server -c e2e/browser.config.json",
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
index 22d868e828..6d34a2accb 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "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 e5343ee304..cf411ebe0a 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/integration/i18n/package.json b/integration/i18n/package.json
index 24aa5395b1..616e5cb025 100644
--- a/integration/i18n/package.json
+++ b/integration/i18n/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "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/package.json b/package.json
index 616b4e97e6..bd43ffb770 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "buildifier": "bazel build @com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools//buildifier && find . -type f \\( -name BUILD -or -name BUILD.bazel \\) ! -path \"*/node_modules/*\" | xargs $(bazel info bazel-bin)/external/com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools/buildifier/buildifier",
     "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 9471392bc0..81b1c8c698 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json
+++ b/packages/platform-server/integrationtest/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "webpack": "^2.2.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "webdriver-manager update --gecko false",
+    "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",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env.sh b/scripts/ci/env.sh
index 4c0a98b78e..b6c791ff40 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 8.9.1
 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 BAZEL_VERSION 0.8.1
 setEnvVar SAUCE_CONNECT_VERSION 4.4.9
 setEnvVar ANGULAR_CLI_VERSION 1.5.0-rc.2
diff --git a/scripts/ci/install.sh b/scripts/ci/install.sh
index a850c06405..85e2273952 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/install.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ travisFoldEnd "install-yarn"
 
 # Install all npm dependencies according to yarn.lock
 travisFoldStart "yarn-install"
-  node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge || yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
+  (node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge && yarn update-webdriver) || yarn install --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
 travisFoldEnd "yarn-install"