diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 9c60a63..7a38dc4 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.AbstractKotlinCompileTool
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinNativeCompile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ plugins {
     id("signing")
 }
 
+val nodeVersion = properties["nodeVersion"] as String
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
@@ -171,8 +175,16 @@ tasks.withType<KotlinNativeCompile>().configureEach {
     compilerOptions.freeCompilerArgs.add("-opt-in=kotlinx.cinterop.ExperimentalForeignApi")
 }
 
-plugins.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootPlugin> {
-    the<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootExtension>().nodeVersion = "20.11.1"
+rootProject.plugins.withType(NodeJsRootPlugin::class.java) {
+  rootProject.the<NodeJsRootExtension>().download = true
+  rootProject.the<NodeJsRootExtension>().nodeVersion = nodeVersion
+  if (nodeVersion.contains("canary")) {
+    rootProject.the<NodeJsRootExtension>().nodeDownloadBaseUrl = "https://nodejs.org/download/v8-canary"
+  }
+}
+
+tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.npm.tasks.KotlinNpmInstallTask::class.java).configureEach {
+  args.add("--ignore-engines")
 }
 
 val ktlintConfig by configurations.creating
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b63d4fd..c0c57ba 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+nodeVersion=21.0.0-v8-canary20231024d0ddc81258
+
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true