diff --git a/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile b/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
index b2a0d442bb..bd0ab7d514 100644
--- a/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/deployment/node/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:18-bookworm-slim
+FROM node:20-bookworm-slim
 
 COPY ./packages/backend/server /app
 COPY ./packages/frontend/core/dist /app/static
diff --git a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
index fa95f5bd32..05829df93d 100644
--- a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
+++ b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
         max-size: '1000m'
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
-      - NODE_OPTIONS=--es-module-specifier-resolution node
+      - NODE_OPTIONS="--es-module-specifier-resolution=node"
       - AFFINE_CONFIG_PATH=/root/.affine/config
       - REDIS_SERVER_HOST=redis
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://affine:affine@postgres:5432/affine
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 3c032078a4..209e3ef4b6 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18
+20
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f657c6cc0a..5187cc0b1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "tests/affine-legacy/*"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.16.1 <19.0.0"
+    "node": "<21.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "dev-core",
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/package.json b/packages/backend/server/package.json
index 69ec5e2bc5..979b85b6d5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/server/package.json
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "start": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution node ./src/index.ts",
+    "start": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./src/index.ts",
     "dev": "nodemon ./src/index.ts",
     "test": "ava --concurrency 1 --serial",
     "test:coverage": "c8 ava --concurrency 1 --serial",
     "postinstall": "prisma generate",
-    "data-migration": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution node ./src/data/index.ts",
-    "predeploy": "yarn prisma migrate deploy && node --es-module-specifier-resolution node ./dist/data/index.js run"
+    "data-migration": "node --loader ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./src/data/index.ts",
+    "predeploy": "yarn prisma migrate deploy && node --es-module-specifier-resolution=node ./dist/data/index.js run"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/server": "^4.9.5",
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@
       "--trace-sigint",
       "--loader",
       "ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs",
-      "--es-module-specifier-resolution",
-      "node"
+      "--es-module-specifier-resolution=node"
     ],
     "files": [
       "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
@@ -153,8 +152,7 @@
     "nodeArgs": [
       "--loader",
       "ts-node/esm.mjs",
-      "--es-module-specifier-resolution",
-      "node"
+      "--es-module-specifier-resolution=node"
     ],
     "ignore": [
       "**/__tests__/**",
diff --git a/packages/frontend/native/package.json b/packages/frontend/native/package.json
index bde4586553..81e6e7eefb 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/native/package.json
+++ b/packages/frontend/native/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
     "nodeArguments": [
       "--loader",
       "ts-node/esm.mjs",
-      "--es-module-specifier-resolution",
-      "node"
+      "--es-module-specifier-resolution=node"
     ],
     "files": [
       "__tests__/*.spec.mts"