diff --git a/.changeset/forty-students-attend.md b/.changeset/forty-students-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a845151cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-students-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/.eslint_dictionary.json b/.eslint_dictionary.json
index cbc5ef2ebb..7ce59076a6 100644
--- a/.eslint_dictionary.json
+++ b/.eslint_dictionary.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   "globals",
   "grantable",
   "graphql",
+  "homedir",
   "hotswap",
   "iamv2",
   "identitypool",
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
   "versioned",
   "versioning",
   "whoami",
+  "workspace",
   "yaml",
   "yargs"
 ]
diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/src/test-live-dependency-health-checks/health_checks.test.ts b/packages/integration-tests/src/test-live-dependency-health-checks/health_checks.test.ts
index b734b398b7..52bcfa30fa 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/src/test-live-dependency-health-checks/health_checks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/src/test-live-dependency-health-checks/health_checks.test.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,22 @@ const cfnClient = new CloudFormationClient();
  */
 void describe('Live dependency health checks', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   before(async () => {
-    // nuke the npx cache to ensure we are installing latest versions of packages from the npm
+    // Nuke the npx cache to ensure we are installing latest versions of packages from the npm.
     const { stdout } = await execa('npm', ['config', 'get', 'cache']);
     const npxCacheLocation = path.join(stdout.toString().trim(), '_npx');
 
     if (existsSync(npxCacheLocation)) {
       await fs.rm(npxCacheLocation, { recursive: true });
     }
+
+    // Force 'create-amplify' installation in npx cache by executing help command
+    // before tests run. Otherwise, installing 'create-amplify' concurrently
+    // may lead to race conditions and corrupted npx cache.
+    await execa('npm', ['create', 'amplify', '--yes', '--', '--help'], {
+      // Command must run outside of 'amplify-backend' workspace.
+      cwd: os.homedir(),
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    });
   });
 
   void describe('pipeline deployment', () => {