diff --git a/plugin/src/intTest/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/InstallPackageManagerTaskFuncTest.java b/plugin/src/intTest/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/InstallPackageManagerTaskFuncTest.java
index 30cd8924..1ea246f0 100644
--- a/plugin/src/intTest/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/InstallPackageManagerTaskFuncTest.java
+++ b/plugin/src/intTest/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/InstallPackageManagerTaskFuncTest.java
@@ -48,15 +48,8 @@ void should_skip_task_when_package_json_file_is_not_a_file() throws IOException
     }
 
     @Test
-    void should_fail_when_corepack_executable_is_not_a_file() throws IOException {
-        // The fact that the corepack executable is not present is enough to simulate the following use cases:
-        // - The Node.js distribution is already provided, but the install directory was not set accordingly.
-        // - The Node.js distribution is already provided, but the install directory contains a non-supported release.
-        // - The Node.js distribution was downloaded but is a non-supported release.
-        // - The Node.js distribution was downloaded but was corrupted later so as the corepack executable is not
-        // present anymore.
+    void should_fail_when_node_install_directory_is_not_a_directory() throws IOException {
         Files.copy(getResourcePath("package-any-manager.json"), projectDirectoryPath.resolve("package.json"));
-        Files.createDirectory(projectDirectoryPath.resolve(FrontendGradlePlugin.DEFAULT_NODE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY_NAME));
         createBuildFile(projectDirectoryPath, new FrontendMapBuilder().nodeDistributionProvided(true).toMap());
 
         final BuildResult result = runGradleAndExpectFailure(projectDirectoryPath,
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/FrontendGradlePlugin.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/FrontendGradlePlugin.java
index 369e43ca..d93fe8fa 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/FrontendGradlePlugin.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/FrontendGradlePlugin.java
@@ -390,7 +390,17 @@ protected void configureInstallPackageManagerTask(final InstallPackageManagerTas
         task.setGroup(TASK_GROUP);
         task.setDescription("Installs the package manager.");
         task.getPackageJsonDirectory().set(frontendExtension.getPackageJsonDirectory().getAsFile());
-        task.getNodeInstallDirectory().set(frontendExtension.getNodeInstallDirectory().getAsFile());
+        task.getNodeInstallDirectory().set(frontendExtension.getNodeInstallDirectory().map(nodeInstallDirectory -> {
+            final Path nodeInstallDirectoryPath = nodeInstallDirectory.getAsFile().toPath();
+            if (!Files.isDirectory(nodeInstallDirectoryPath)) {
+                // Performing this verification ahead of time avoids automatic creation of any parent directory by
+                // Gradle if the task is not skipped. This may be the case if the Node.js distribution is provided, but
+                // the install directory is not correctly configured and points to nowhere.
+                throw new GradleException(
+                    "Node.js install directory is not a valid directory: " + nodeInstallDirectoryPath);
+            }
+            return nodeInstallDirectory.getAsFile();
+        }));
         final Provider<ResolvePackageManagerTask> resolvePackageManagerTaskProvider = taskContainer.named(
             RESOLVE_PACKAGE_MANAGER_TASK_NAME, ResolvePackageManagerTask.class);
         task
@@ -399,27 +409,26 @@ protected void configureInstallPackageManagerTask(final InstallPackageManagerTas
                 ResolvePackageManagerTask::getPackageManagerSpecificationFile));
         task
             .getPackageManagerExecutableFile()
-            .set(resolvePackageManagerTaskProvider
+            .fileProvider(resolvePackageManagerTaskProvider
                 .flatMap(ResolvePackageManagerTask::getPackageManagerExecutablePathFile)
                 .map(f -> {
                     final Path filePath = f.getAsFile().toPath();
                     if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
-                        // Setting the output property to null avoids automatic creation of any parent directories by
+                        // Setting the output property to null avoids automatic creation of any parent directory by
                         // Gradle if the task is not skipped. If it is skipped, the file system would not have been
                         // touched by Gradle.
                         return null;
                     }
                     try {
-                        return getBeanOrFail(beanRegistryId, FileManager.class).readString(filePath,
-                            StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                        return Paths
+                            .get(getBeanOrFail(beanRegistryId, FileManager.class).readString(filePath,
+                                StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                            .toFile();
                     } catch (final IOException e) {
                         throw new GradleException(
                             "Cannot read path to package manager executable from file: " + filePath, e);
                     }
-                })
-                .map(packageManagerExecutablePathFilePath -> () -> Paths
-                    .get(packageManagerExecutablePathFilePath)
-                    .toFile()));
+                }));
         task.setOnlyIf(t -> isTaskExecuted(taskContainer, RESOLVE_PACKAGE_MANAGER_TASK_NAME));
     }
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/ResolvePackageManagerTask.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/ResolvePackageManagerTask.java
index 304bb8f4..0d3fdeb8 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/ResolvePackageManagerTask.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/siouan/frontendgradleplugin/infrastructure/gradle/ResolvePackageManagerTask.java
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ public class ResolvePackageManagerTask extends DefaultTask {
     private final Property<File> nodeInstallDirectory;
 
     /**
-     * File that will contain information about the package manager.
+     * File that will contain the specification of the package manager for the project.
      */
     private final RegularFileProperty packageManagerSpecificationFile;
 
     /**
-     * File that will contain information about the package manager.
+     * File that will contain the path to the package manager executable file.
      */
     private final RegularFileProperty packageManagerExecutablePathFile;