diff --git a/.kokoro/system-test.sh b/.kokoro/system-test.sh
index 0b3043d26..72b5628fb 100755
--- a/.kokoro/system-test.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/system-test.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ if [ -f .kokoro/pre-system-test.sh ]; then
     set -x
 fi
 
+# Enable airlock only for Kokoro presubmit jobs
+if [[ ! -z "${KOKORO_JOB_TYPE}" && ${KOKORO_JOB_TYPE} =~ ^.*presubmit.*$ ]]; then
+  cat > .npmrc <<EOL
+registry=https://us-npm.pkg.dev/artifact-foundry-prod/npm-3p-trusted/
+//us-npm.pkg.dev/artifact-foundry-prod/npm-3p-trusted/:always-auth=true
+EOL
+  npm_config_registry=https://registry.npmjs.org npx google-artifactregistry-auth
+fi
+
 npm install
 
 # If tests are running against main branch, configure flakybot
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f880bd82..6cf311d28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm install",
     "precompile": "gts clean",
     "compile-protos": "compileProtos src",
-    "coverage": "c8 mocha build/test build/test/common && c8 report --check-coverage"
+    "coverage": "c8 mocha build/test build/test/common && c8 report --check-coverage",
+    "artifactregistry-login": "npm_config_registry=https://registry.npmjs.org npx google-artifactregistry-auth"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/common": "^5.0.0",