# Node 20 is getting long in the tooth, when will Node Red officially move on?

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**Created:** [4 November 2025 00:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575 "2025-11-04T00:17:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2025 00:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575/1 "2025-11-04T00:17:38Z")

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Node 20 is getting long in the tooth, when will Node Red officially move on? Node is now up to what, 25 or 26 as current active? Don't recall what LTS is at.

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**Author:** ![ThingsTinkerer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@ThingsTinkerer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ThingsTinkerer)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2025 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575/2 "2025-11-04T09:35:51Z")

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Why 20, we use 22.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2025 09:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575/3 "2025-11-04T09:39:39Z")

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As a general policy, we don't change the Node.js version we build our `latest` tagged docker images with until a major version bump. Nothing prevents users from using more recent stable NodeJS versions if they want.

Node 20 is still in maintenance until May 2026.

Node-RED 5 will bump the Node.JS we use in the `latest` docker images to Node 24. That will be coming soon - more news on that to come later today at Node-RED Con ....

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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [10 November 2025 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575/4 "2025-11-10T06:44:02Z")

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I just check my NR install I did a few weeks ago... it is at 20 which seemed odd.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2026 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-20-is-getting-long-in-the-tooth-when-will-node-red-officially-move-on/99575/5 "2026-02-08T06:44:13Z")

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