diff --git a/sources/corepackUtils.ts b/sources/corepackUtils.ts
index 5f510dd39..05fe07456 100644
--- a/sources/corepackUtils.ts
+++ b/sources/corepackUtils.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function findInstalledVersion(installTarget: string, descriptor: De
   try {
     cacheDirectory = await fs.promises.opendir(installFolder);
   } catch (error) {
-    if ((error as nodeUtils.NodeError).code === `ENOENT`) {
+    if (nodeUtils.isNodeError(error) && error.code === `ENOENT`) {
       return null;
     } else {
       throw error;
@@ -181,10 +181,15 @@ async function download(installTarget: string, url: string, algo: string, binPat
     try {
       await renameSafe(downloadedBin, outputFile);
     } catch (err) {
-      if ((err as nodeUtils.NodeError)?.code === `ENOENT`)
+      if (nodeUtils.isNodeError(err) && err.code === `ENOENT`)
         throw new Error(`Cannot locate '${binPath}' in downloaded tarball`, {cause: err});
 
-      throw err;
+      // It's alright if another process downloaded the same binary in parallel
+      if (nodeUtils.isNodeError(err) && nodeUtils.isExistError(err)) {
+        await fs.promises.rm(downloadedBin);
+      } else {
+        throw err;
+      }
     }
 
     // Calculate the hash of the bin file
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ export async function installVersion(installTarget: string, locator: Locator, {s
       bin: corepackData.bin,
     };
   } catch (err) {
-    if ((err as nodeUtils.NodeError)?.code !== `ENOENT`) {
+    if (nodeUtils.isNodeError(err) && err.code !== `ENOENT`) {
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -316,9 +321,10 @@ export async function installVersion(installTarget: string, locator: Locator, {s
     await renameSafe(tmpFolder, installFolder);
   } catch (err) {
     if (
-      (err as nodeUtils.NodeError).code === `ENOTEMPTY` ||
+      nodeUtils.isNodeError(err) && (
+        nodeUtils.isExistError(err) ||
       // On Windows the error code is EPERM so we check if it is a directory
-      ((err as nodeUtils.NodeError).code === `EPERM` && (await fs.promises.stat(installFolder)).isDirectory())
+      (err.code === `EPERM` && (await fs.promises.stat(installFolder)).isDirectory()))
     ) {
       debugUtils.log(`Another instance of corepack installed ${locator.name}@${locator.reference}`);
       await fs.promises.rm(tmpFolder, {recursive: true, force: true});
@@ -365,10 +371,7 @@ async function renameUnderWindows(oldPath: fs.PathLike, newPath: fs.PathLike) {
       break;
     } catch (err) {
       if (
-        (
-          (err as nodeUtils.NodeError).code === `ENOENT` ||
-          (err as nodeUtils.NodeError).code === `EPERM`
-        ) &&
+        nodeUtils.isNodeError(err) && (err.code === `ENOENT` || err.code === `EPERM`) &&
         i < (retries - 1)
       ) {
         await setTimeoutPromise(100 * 2 ** i);
diff --git a/sources/nodeUtils.ts b/sources/nodeUtils.ts
index 35956fbc4..c83f59bb9 100644
--- a/sources/nodeUtils.ts
+++ b/sources/nodeUtils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ export interface NodeError extends Error {
   code: string;
 }
 
+export function isNodeError(err: any): err is NodeError {
+  return !!err?.code;
+}
+
+export function isExistError(err: NodeError) {
+  return err.code === `EEXIST` || err.code === `ENOTEMPTY`;
+}
+
 function getEndOfLine(content: string) {
   const matches = content.match(/\r?\n/g);
   if (matches === null)