diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a72d5c273..a59f6a848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node_version: [14, 16, 18, 19]
+        node_version: [14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21]
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index b6a7d89c6..3c032078a 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
diff --git a/.yarn/cache/fsevents-patch-2882183fbf-8.zip b/.yarn/cache/fsevents-patch-2882183fbf-8.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4511f19b
Binary files /dev/null and b/.yarn/cache/fsevents-patch-2882183fbf-8.zip differ
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 831060b82..d941b5e5a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} node:18.19.0-alpine as builder
+FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} node:20.10.0-alpine as builder
 
 ENV NODE_ENV=production \
     VERDACCIO_BUILD_REGISTRY=https://registry.npmjs.org  \
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RUN yarn pack --out verdaccio.tgz \
 ## clean up and reduce bundle size
 RUN rm -Rf /opt/verdaccio-build
 
-FROM node:18.19.0-alpine
+FROM node:20.10.0-alpine
 LABEL maintainer="https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio"
 
 ENV VERDACCIO_APPDIR=/opt/verdaccio \