diff --git a/scripts/find-node.sh b/scripts/find-node.sh
index 84e930a12d31d4..5d6d2c460e9dc0 100755
--- a/scripts/find-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/find-node.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ fi
 # Define NVM_DIR and source the nvm.sh setup script
 [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ] && export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 
+# Source nvm with '--no-use' and then `nvm use` to respect .nvmrc
+# See: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/issues/2053
 if [[ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]]; then
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-  . "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
+  . "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" --no-use
+  nvm use 2> /dev/null || nvm use default
 elif [[ -x "$(command -v brew)" && -s "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" ]]; then
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
-  . "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh"
+  . "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" --no-use
+  nvm use 2> /dev/null || nvm use default
 fi
 
 # Set up the nodenv node version manager if present