diff --git a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
index c4710af13..3da6b5040 100644
--- a/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
+++ b/baseimage/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ sed -e 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\(.*\)"$/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="\1 cgroup_enable=mem
 update-grub
 
 echo "==== Install nodejs ===="
-# Cannot use anything above 4.1.1 - https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3803
-mkdir -p /usr/local/node-4.1.1
-curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.1.1/node-v4.1.1-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-4.1.1
-ln -s /usr/local/node-4.1.1/bin/node /usr/bin/node
-ln -s /usr/local/node-4.1.1/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+mkdir -p /usr/local/node-6.9.2
+curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.9.2/node-v6.9.2-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-6.9.2
+ln -s /usr/local/node-6.9.2/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+ln -s /usr/local/node-6.9.2/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
 apt-get install -y 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/createReleaseTarball b/scripts/createReleaseTarball
index a6fe7a263..ef8f3e32d 100755
--- a/scripts/createReleaseTarball
+++ b/scripts/createReleaseTarball
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ if ! $(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}" && git diff --exit-code >/dev/null); then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ "$(node --version)" != "v4.1.1" ]]; then
-    echo "This script requires node 4.1.1"
+if [[ "$(node --version)" != "v6.9.2" ]]; then
+    echo "This script requires node 6.9.2"
     exit 1
 fi