diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9499fb95..2fc681bd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       # https://circleci.com/developer/images/image/cimg/node
       #- image: cimg/node:12.22.1
       #- currently we need this for dynamic import in module tests, ONLY.
-      - image: cimg/node:18.20.4
+      - image: cimg/node:22.9.0
 
       # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
       # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images