diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cea7e0e37b..30c4b871f8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ orbs:
   win: circleci/windows@5.0
 
 executors:
-  bionic:
+  focal:
     docker:
-      - image: buildpack-deps:bionic
+      - image: buildpack-deps:focal
   mac:
     environment:
       EMSDK_NOTTY: "1"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ commands:
 
 jobs:
   flake8:
-    executor: bionic
+    executor: focal
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -58,21 +58,13 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             apt-get update -q
             apt-get install -q -y python-pip python3-pip
-      - run: python2 -m pip install --upgrade pip
       - run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - run: python2 -m pip install flake8==3.9.2
       - run: python3 -m pip install flake8==3.9.2
-      - run: python2 -m flake8 --show-source --statistics --extend-exclude=./scripts
       - run: python3 -m flake8 --show-source --statistics
   test-linux:
-    executor: bionic
+    executor: focal
     environment:
       EMSDK_NOTTY: "1"
-      # This is needed because the old gcc-7 that is installed on debian/bionic
-      # generates warnings about unused variables when doing C++17
-      # destructuring:
-      # https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/4353
-      CXXFLAGS: "-Wno-unused-variable"
       # I don't know why circleci VMs pretent to have 36 cores but its a lie.
       EMSDK_NUM_CORES: "4"
     steps:
@@ -174,12 +166,18 @@ jobs:
             test/test_path_preservation.ps1
 
   build-docker-image-x64:
-    executor: bionic
+    executor: focal
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: install docker
-          command: apt-get update -q && apt-get install -q -y docker.io
+            apt-get update -q
+            apt-get install -q -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
+            mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+            curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+            echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+            apt-get update -q
+            apt-get install -q -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
       - setup_remote_docker
       # Build the `latest` version of EMSDK as docker image
       - run:
@@ -190,12 +188,18 @@ jobs:
           command: make -C ./docker version=latest test
 
   publish-docker-image-x64:
-    executor: bionic
+    executor: focal
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: install docker
-          command: apt-get update -q && apt-get install -q -y docker.io
+            apt-get update -q
+            apt-get install -q -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
+            mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+            curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+            echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+            apt-get update -q
+            apt-get install -q -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
       - setup_remote_docker
       - run:
           name: build
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
             make -C ./docker version=${CIRCLE_TAG} alias=${CIRCLE_TAG}-arm64 only_alias=true push
 
   test-bazel-linux:
-    executor: bionic
+    executor: focal
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run: apt-get install -q -y curl gnupg
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
           name: install pip
           command: |
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y python3-pip
+            apt-get install -q -y python-pip
       - run: pip3 install absl-py
       - run:
           name: install bazel
diff --git a/emsdk_manifest.json b/emsdk_manifest.json
index 89f0582b09..6af26c2c7f 100644
--- a/emsdk_manifest.json
+++ b/emsdk_manifest.json
@@ -346,6 +346,54 @@
     "activated_env": "EMSDK_NODE=%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%"
   },
 
+  {
+    "id": "node",
+    "version": "18.20.3",
+    "bitness": 32,
+    "arch": "x86",
+    "windows_url": "node-v18.20.3-win-x86.zip",
+    "activated_path": "%installation_dir%/bin",
+    "activated_path_skip": "node",
+    "activated_cfg": "NODE_JS='%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%'",
+    "activated_env": "EMSDK_NODE=%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "node",
+    "version": "18.20.3",
+    "arch": "arm",
+    "bitness": 32,
+    "linux_url": "node-v18.20.3-linux-armv7l.tar.xz",
+    "activated_path": "%installation_dir%/bin",
+    "activated_path_skip": "node",
+    "activated_cfg": "NODE_JS='%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%'",
+    "activated_env": "EMSDK_NODE=%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "node",
+    "version": "18.20.3",
+    "bitness": 64,
+    "arch": "x86_64",
+    "macos_url": "node-v18.20.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz",
+    "windows_url": "node-v18.20.3-win-x64.zip",
+    "linux_url": "node-v18.20.3-linux-x64.tar.xz",
+    "activated_path": "%installation_dir%/bin",
+    "activated_path_skip": "node",
+    "activated_cfg": "NODE_JS='%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%'",
+    "activated_env": "EMSDK_NODE=%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "node",
+    "version": "18.20.3",
+    "arch": "arm64",
+    "bitness": 64,
+    "macos_url": "node-v18.20.3-darwin-arm64.tar.gz",
+    "linux_url": "node-v18.20.3-linux-arm64.tar.xz",
+    "activated_path": "%installation_dir%/bin",
+    "activated_path_skip": "node",
+    "activated_cfg": "NODE_JS='%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%'",
+    "activated_env": "EMSDK_NODE=%installation_dir%/bin/node%.exe%"
+  },
+
 
   {
     "id": "python",
@@ -644,19 +692,19 @@
   {
     "version": "main",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["python-3.9.2-nuget-64bit", "llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-16.20.0-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["python-3.9.2-nuget-64bit", "llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-18.20.3-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
     "os": "win"
   },
   {
     "version": "main",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["python-3.9.2-64bit", "llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-16.20.0-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["python-3.9.2-64bit", "llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-18.20.3-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
     "os": "macos"
   },
   {
     "version": "main",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-16.20.0-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["llvm-git-main-64bit", "node-18.20.3-64bit", "emscripten-main-64bit", "binaryen-main-64bit"],
     "os": "linux"
   },
   {
@@ -668,14 +716,14 @@
   {
     "version": "releases-%releases-tag%",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["node-16.20.0-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["node-18.20.3-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
     "os": "linux",
     "custom_install_script": "emscripten_npm_install"
   },
   {
     "version": "releases-%releases-tag%",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["node-16.20.0-64bit", "python-3.9.2-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["node-18.20.3-64bit", "python-3.9.2-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
     "os": "macos",
     "arch": "x86_64",
     "custom_install_script": "emscripten_npm_install"
@@ -683,7 +731,7 @@
   {
     "version": "releases-%releases-tag%",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["node-16.20.0-64bit", "python-3.9.2-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["node-18.20.3-64bit", "python-3.9.2-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
     "os": "macos",
     "arch": "arm64",
     "custom_install_script": "emscripten_npm_install"
@@ -691,7 +739,7 @@
   {
     "version": "releases-%releases-tag%",
     "bitness": 64,
-    "uses": ["node-16.20.0-64bit", "python-3.9.2-nuget-64bit", "java-8.152-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
+    "uses": ["node-18.20.3-64bit", "python-3.9.2-nuget-64bit", "java-8.152-64bit", "releases-%releases-tag%-64bit"],
     "os": "win",
     "custom_install_script": "emscripten_npm_install"
   }
diff --git a/scripts/update_node.py b/scripts/update_node.py
index 2c3a786d33..b16d3e5b1f 100755
--- a/scripts/update_node.py
+++ b/scripts/update_node.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
-version = '16.20.0'
-base = 'https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/'
+version = '18.20.3'
+base = 'https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/'
 upload_base = 'gs://webassembly/emscripten-releases-builds/deps/'
 
 suffixes = [