diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
index c3bb26f..95f96c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           PLUGIN_NAME: ${{ steps.plugin_name.outputs.plugin_name }}
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: |
             src/package-lock.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-tests.yml
index a1ca7e5..439a60c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: ether/etherpad-lite
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: |
             src/package-lock.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
index beeaeae..3e99291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ jobs:
       -
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: |
             node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/package-lock.json
             node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/bin/doc/package-lock.json
             package-lock.json
+      - run: npm install npm@6.14.18 -g
+        name: Install legacy npm for correct dependency resolution
       # All of ep_etherpad-lite's devDependencies are installed because the
       # plugin might do `require('ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/${devDep}')`.
       # Eventually it would be nice to create an ESLint plugin that prohibits
@@ -119,4 +121,4 @@ jobs:
         name: Add package to etherpad organization
         run: npm access grant read-write etherpad:developers
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
\ No newline at end of file
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}