diff --git a/runtimes/node/plugin.yaml b/runtimes/node/plugin.yaml
index 6720795ed..6457ca6f6 100644
--- a/runtimes/node/plugin.yaml
+++ b/runtimes/node/plugin.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ runtimes:
         - name: NODE_OPTIONS
           value: ${env.NODE_OPTIONS}
           optional: true
-      known_good_version: 18.12.1
+      known_good_version: 18.20.5
       version_commands:
         - run: node --version
           parse_regex: ${semver}
diff --git a/tests/driver/lint_driver.ts b/tests/driver/lint_driver.ts
index fce56c2c5..cee8ce1c9 100644
--- a/tests/driver/lint_driver.ts
+++ b/tests/driver/lint_driver.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ runtimes:
   enabled:
     # required in order to query latest
     - go@1.21.0
-    - node@18.12.1
+    - node@18.20.5
     - python@3.10.8
     - ruby@3.1.4
 plugins: