diff --git a/buildspec.yml b/buildspec.yml
index 869bb9059bf0..90f74ff8f141 100644
--- a/buildspec.yml
+++ b/buildspec.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ phases:
       nodejs: 10
     commands:
       - npm install -g yarn
+      - curl https://intoli.com/install-google-chrome.sh | bash #TODO: install headless chrome to codebuild image
   build:
     commands:
       - echo Building...
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1764ba21d8f..f5e9e65c0ec6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@
       "clients/*"
     ],
     "nohoist": [
-      "**/karma",
-      "**/karma/**",
-      "**/karma-*",
-      "**/karma-*/**"
+      "**/karma*",
+      "**/karma*/**"
     ]
   },
   "husky": {
diff --git a/packages/hash-blob-browser/package.json b/packages/hash-blob-browser/package.json
index 7a0d17cba2d2..50e92e038372 100644
--- a/packages/hash-blob-browser/package.json
+++ b/packages/hash-blob-browser/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "tsc",
     "pretest": "tsc",
-    "test": "karma start karma.conf.js"
+    "test": "karma start karma.conf.js --browsers ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox"
   },
   "main": "./build/index.js",
   "types": "./build/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/stream-collector-browser/karma.conf.js b/packages/stream-collector-browser/karma.conf.js
index 9f34498cd6ae..beda0d109706 100644
--- a/packages/stream-collector-browser/karma.conf.js
+++ b/packages/stream-collector-browser/karma.conf.js
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
       "**/*.ts": "karma-typescript"
     },
     reporters: ["progress", "karma-typescript"],
-    browsers: ["ChromeHeadless"],
+    browsers: ["ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox"],
+    customLaunchers: {
+      ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox: {
+        base: "ChromeHeadless",
+        flags: ["--no-sandbox"]
+      }
+    },
     karmaTypescriptConfig: {
       tsconfig: "./tsconfig.json",
       bundlerOptions: {
diff --git a/packages/stream-collector-browser/package.json b/packages/stream-collector-browser/package.json
index 10a3a053b9ee..621bcad2dfcf 100644
--- a/packages/stream-collector-browser/package.json
+++ b/packages/stream-collector-browser/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "tsc",
     "pretest": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
-    "test": "karma start karma.conf.js"
+    "test": "karma start karma.conf.js --browsers ChromeHeadlessNoSandbox"
   },
   "author": {
     "name": "AWS SDK for JavaScript Team",