diff --git a/docs/api/puppeteer.createbrowserfetcher.md b/docs/api/puppeteer.createbrowserfetcher.md
index 29251c6f..6521b6a0 100644
--- a/docs/api/puppeteer.createbrowserfetcher.md
+++ b/docs/api/puppeteer.createbrowserfetcher.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ sidebar_label: createBrowserFetcher
 
 ```typescript
 createBrowserFetcher: (
-  options: Partial<
-    import('puppeteer-core/internal/puppeteer-core.js').BrowserFetcherOptions
-  >
+  options?:
+    | Partial<
+        import('puppeteer-core/internal/puppeteer-core.js').BrowserFetcherOptions
+      >
+    | undefined
 ) => import('puppeteer-core/internal/puppeteer-core.js').BrowserFetcher;
 ```
diff --git a/docs/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.createbrowserfetcher.md b/docs/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.createbrowserfetcher.md
index ba9c70ec..13e43c84 100644
--- a/docs/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.createbrowserfetcher.md
+++ b/docs/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.createbrowserfetcher.md
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ sidebar_label: PuppeteerNode.createBrowserFetcher
 
 ```typescript
 class PuppeteerNode {
-  createBrowserFetcher(options: Partial<BrowserFetcherOptions>): BrowserFetcher;
+  createBrowserFetcher(
+    options?: Partial<BrowserFetcherOptions>
+  ): BrowserFetcher;
 }
 ```
 
 ## Parameters
 
-| Parameter | Type                                                                         | Description                                                                |
-| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| options   | Partial&lt;[BrowserFetcherOptions](./puppeteer.browserfetcheroptions.md)&gt; | Set of configurable options to specify the settings of the BrowserFetcher. |
+| Parameter | Type                                                                         | Description                                                                                  |
+| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| options   | Partial&lt;[BrowserFetcherOptions](./puppeteer.browserfetcheroptions.md)&gt; | <i>(Optional)</i> Set of configurable options to specify the settings of the BrowserFetcher. |
 
 **Returns:**
 
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/node/PuppeteerNode.ts b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/node/PuppeteerNode.ts
index 81c8614b..ca16645e 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/node/PuppeteerNode.ts
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/node/PuppeteerNode.ts
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class PuppeteerNode extends Puppeteer {
    * @returns A new BrowserFetcher instance.
    */
   createBrowserFetcher(
-    options: Partial<BrowserFetcherOptions>
+    options: Partial<BrowserFetcherOptions> = {}
   ): BrowserFetcher {
     const downloadPath = this.defaultDownloadPath;
     if (downloadPath) {
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ export class PuppeteerNode extends Puppeteer {
     if (this.configuration.downloadHost) {
       options.host = this.configuration.downloadHost;
     }
+    if (this.configuration.defaultProduct) {
+      options.product = this.configuration.defaultProduct;
+    }
     return new BrowserFetcher(options as BrowserFetcherOptions);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer/src/node/install.ts b/packages/puppeteer/src/node/install.ts
index 76c9414d..25b31705 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer/src/node/install.ts
+++ b/packages/puppeteer/src/node/install.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
 
 import https, {RequestOptions} from 'https';
 import createHttpsProxyAgent, {HttpsProxyAgentOptions} from 'https-proxy-agent';
-import {join} from 'path';
 import ProgressBar from 'progress';
 import {getProxyForUrl} from 'proxy-from-env';
-import {BrowserFetcher} from 'puppeteer-core';
+import {PuppeteerNode} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/node/PuppeteerNode.js';
 import {PUPPETEER_REVISIONS} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/revisions.js';
 import URL from 'url';
 import {getConfiguration} from '../getConfiguration.js';
@@ -42,14 +41,10 @@ export async function downloadBrowser(): Promise<void> {
     return;
   }
 
+  const puppeteer = new PuppeteerNode({configuration, isPuppeteerCore: false});
+
   const product = configuration.defaultProduct!;
-  const browserFetcher = new BrowserFetcher({
-    product,
-    host: configuration.downloadHost,
-    path:
-      configuration.downloadPath ??
-      join(configuration.cacheDirectory!, product),
-  });
+  const browserFetcher = puppeteer.createBrowserFetcher();
 
   let revision = configuration.browserRevision;