diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrationtest1.yml b/.github/workflows/integrationtest1.yml
index 9b7d55d9dd..e120aad242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integrationtest1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrationtest1.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ jobs:
           repository: Sifchain/sifchain-devops
           path: deploy
           token: "${{ secrets.GIT_PAT }}"
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8.10'
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 'v16.20.2'
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.18.10'
       - name: Set up linux environment
         run: # installs development tools and updates .bash_profile
           bash test/integration/setup-linux-environment.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrationtest2.yml b/.github/workflows/integrationtest2.yml
index 458f11f72e..af4fe92197 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integrationtest2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrationtest2.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ jobs:
           repository: Sifchain/sifchain-devops
           path: deploy
           token: "${{ secrets.GIT_PAT }}"
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8.10'
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 'v16.20.2'
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.18.10'
       - name: Set up linux environment
         run: # installs development tools and updates .bash_profile
           bash test/integration/setup-linux-environment.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrationtest3.yml b/.github/workflows/integrationtest3.yml
index ca335b6a46..e002c29926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integrationtest3.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrationtest3.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ jobs:
           repository: Sifchain/sifchain-devops
           path: deploy
           token: "${{ secrets.GIT_PAT }}"
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8.10'
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 'v16.20.2'
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.18.10'
       - name: Set up linux environment
         run: # installs development tools and updates .bash_profile
           bash test/integration/setup-linux-environment.sh
diff --git a/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-root.sh b/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-root.sh
index 3cba68b18d..fcc32aff7e 100644
--- a/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-root.sh
+++ b/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-root.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.lis
 curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=1 apt-key add -
 add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
 
-# nodejs
-curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
-sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
-
 apt-get update
 
 apt-get install -y jq make rake docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io libc6-dev gcc python3-venv python3-dev python3-pip parallel netcat uuid-runtime vim tmux rsync psmisc
@@ -32,7 +28,3 @@ groupadd -f docker
 usermod -aG docker ${dockeruser}
 
 curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.27.4/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-
-# install go
-wget -O /tmp/go.tar.gz https://golang.org/dl/go1.18.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go.tar.gz
diff --git a/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-user.sh b/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-user.sh
index f16264349c..03c6ef1cd1 100644
--- a/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-user.sh
+++ b/test/integration/setup-linux-environment-user.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@ npm install -g truffle @truffle/hdwallet-provider ganache-cli || true
 sudo npm install -g dotenv
 
 # set up environment vars in .bash_profile
-echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bash_profile
-echo 'export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile
-echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> ~/.bash_profile
-echo 'export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
-echo 'export PATH=$GOBIN:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
 echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
 
 echo '. ~/.bash_profile' >> ~/.bashrc
@@ -27,5 +22,8 @@ echo '. ~/.bash_profile' >> ~/.bashrc
 . ~/.bash_profile
 curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.33.0
 
-python3 -m pip install -U pytest web3 grpcio-tools toml
+python3 -m pip install -r $(dirname $0)/framework/requirements.txt
 
+# Print versions to facilitate debugging
+python3 --version
+python3 -m pip freeze | sort
diff --git a/test/integration/src/py/test_ofac_blocklist.py b/test/integration/src/py/test_ofac_blocklist.py
index ec03a38043..10aff40ba6 100644
--- a/test/integration/src/py/test_ofac_blocklist.py
+++ b/test/integration/src/py/test_ofac_blocklist.py
@@ -27,7 +27,23 @@ def bridge_bank_lock_erc20(ctx, bridge_token, from_eth_acct, to_sif_acct, amount
     return ctx.bridge_bank_lock_erc20(bridge_token, from_eth_acct, to_sif_acct, amount)
 
 def is_blocklisted_exception(ctx, exception):
-    return ctx.eth.is_contract_logic_error(exception, "Address is blocklisted")
+    # web3 version 6.3.0 parses response OK.
+    # web3 version 6.11.1 (and possibly onwards) complain like this:
+    # The response was in an unexpected format and unable to be parsed. Response cannot include both "error" and "result". The raw response is: {'id': 208, 'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'result': '0x630fcdda0e8d746f5b4b676700f8109eee5970676cbda6d63792cf961c8aecfa', 'error': {'message': 'VM Exception while processing transaction: revert ', 'code': -32000, 'data': {'0x630fcdda0e8d746f5b4b676700f8109eee5970676cbda6d63792cf961c8aecfa': {'error': 'revert', 'program_counter': 889, 'return': '0x08c379a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000164164647265737320697320626c6f636b6c697374656400000000000000000000', 'reason': 'Address is blocklisted'}, 'stack': 'c: VM Exception while processing transaction: revert Address is blocklisted\n    at Function.c.fromResults (.../smart-contracts/node_modules/ganache-cli/build/ganache-core.node.cli.js:4:194812)\n    at w.processBlock (.../smart-contracts/node_modules/ganache-cli/build/ganache-core.node.cli.js:42:53376)\n    at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)', 'name': 'c'}}}
+    # This is most likely caused by using web3 that is too new relative to version of ganache.
+    import sys, packaging.version
+    web3_version = packaging.version.parse(sys.modules["web3"].__version__)
+    v_6_11_1 = packaging.version.parse("6.11.1")
+    if web3_version >= v_6_11_1:
+        from web3 import exceptions
+        if not isinstance(exception, exceptions.BadResponseFormat):
+            return False
+        exception_message = exception.args[0]
+        return \
+            ("The response was in an unexpected format and unable to be parsed. Response cannot include both \"error\" and \"result\"." in exception_message) and \
+            ("Address is blocklisted" in exception_message)
+    else:
+        return ctx.eth.is_contract_logic_error(exception, "Address is blocklisted")
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif("on_peggy2_branch")
 def test_blocklist_eth(ctx):