diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c13d1ec..1c73729 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ commands:
   run_test_bundlers:
     description: rerun unit tests on webpack and browserify bundled files
     steps:
-      - run: npm install browserify webpack webpack-cli
-      - run: |
-          export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/node_modules/.bin
-          node ./scripts/run-module-bundlers-smoketests.js
+      - run: npm run test-module-bundlers-smoketests
 
   run_xephyr:
     description: run Xephyr on DISPLAY=:10
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 51ea12a..bec88c6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ respectively, and finally execute the unit tests on the generated dist files.
 This project provides two test suites:
 
 - unit tests (which only require Node.js to run)
-- module bundlers smoke tests (which requires also browserify and webpack to be installed globally)
+- module bundlers smoke tests
 - integration tests (which requires also a stable version of Chrome and Firefox)
 
 ### Unit Tests
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ by running `npm run test-coverage`.
 
 ### Module Bundler smoketests
 
-The shell script `test/run-module-bundlers-smoketests.sh` runs browserify and webpack, 
-to verify that the most commonly used module bundlers are not raising any unexpected error 
+`npm run test-module-bundlers-smoketests` runs browserify and webpack,
+to verify that the most commonly used module bundlers are not raising any unexpected error
 while building a bundle that requires this library.
 
 ### Integration Tests
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09d0542..b7e5dca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozilla/webextension-polyfill",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.18.10",
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": "7.19.1",
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.18.10",
     "@babel/register": "7.18.9",
-    "@babel/eslint-parser": "7.19.1",
     "babel-preset-minify": "0.5.2",
     "browserify": "17.0.0",
     "chai": "4.3.6",
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
     "sinon": "14.0.0",
     "tape": "5.5.3",
     "tape-async": "2.3.0",
-    "tmp": "0.2.1"
+    "tmp": "0.2.1",
+    "webpack": "5.91.0",
+    "webpack-cli": "5.1.4"
   },
   "nyc": {
     "reporter": [
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
     "test-minified": "cross-env TEST_MINIFIED_POLYFILL=1 mocha",
     "test-integration": "tape test/integration/test-*",
     "test-integration:chrome": "cross-env TEST_BROWSER_TYPE=chrome npm run test-integration",
-    "test-integration:firefox": "cross-env TEST_BROWSER_TYPE=firefox npm run test-integration"
+    "test-integration:firefox": "cross-env TEST_BROWSER_TYPE=firefox npm run test-integration",
+    "test-module-bundlers-smoketests": "./scripts/run-module-bundlers-smoketests.js"
   }
 }