diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2b5e65e51..e98e67d93 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2194,4 +2194,5 @@
 [6.2.0]
 * ovh: object storage URL has changed from s3 to storage subdomain
 * ionos: add profit bricks object storage
+* update node to 14.15.4
 
diff --git a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
index 426c0816f..5288bb917 100755
--- a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
+++ b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" install -y --no-install-recommends
 cp /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/20auto-upgrades /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
 
 echo "==> Installing node.js"
-mkdir -p /usr/local/node-10.18.1
-curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.18.1/node-v10.18.1-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-10.18.1
-ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/node /usr/bin/node
-ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+readonly node_version=14.15.4
+mkdir -p /usr/local/node-${node_version}
+curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v${node_version}/node-v${node_version}-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-${node_version}
+ln -sf /usr/local/node-${node_version}/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+ln -sf /usr/local/node-${node_version}/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python   # Install python which is required for npm rebuild
 [[ "$(python --version 2>&1)" == "Python 2.7."* ]] || die "Expecting python version to be 2.7.x"
 
diff --git a/scripts/installer.sh b/scripts/installer.sh
index 4df04128a..87b63373b 100755
--- a/scripts/installer.sh
+++ b/scripts/installer.sh
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ apt remove -y gnome-shell || true
 apt -y autoremove || true
 
 echo "==> installer: updating node"
-if [[ "$(node --version)" != "v10.18.1" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p /usr/local/node-10.18.1
-    $curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.18.1/node-v10.18.1-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-10.18.1
-    ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/node /usr/bin/node
-    ln -sf /usr/local/node-10.18.1/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
-    rm -rf /usr/local/node-10.15.1
+readonly node_version=14.15.4
+if [[ "$(node --version)" != "v${node_version}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p /usr/local/node-${node_version}
+    $curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v${node_version}/node-v${node_version}-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-${node_version}
+    ln -sf /usr/local/node-${node_version}/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+    ln -sf /usr/local/node-${node_version}/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+    rm -rf /usr/local/node-10.18.1
 fi
 
 # this is here (and not in updater.js) because rebuild requires the above node