diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 88da2495fe..8a31f51355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     - cron: "30 3 * * WED" # every Wednesday at 3:30 AM, only main branch
 
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: "16" # needs to be also updated in .nvmrc
+  NODE_VERSION: "18" # needs to be also updated in .nvmrc
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.9"
   MARIADB_VERSION: "10.4.10"
   COVERALLS_VERSION: "3.3.1" # check if Coverage needs to be also updated in requirements-ci.txt
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 3c032078a4..95cda91c91 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 18
+# needs to be also updated in .github/workflows/ci.yml