diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index 3cc1a16a9b6..353bcbbc0b1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1122,8 +1122,8 @@ edxapp_nodeenv_bin: "{{ edxapp_nodeenv_dir }}/bin"
 edxapp_npm_dir: "{{ edxapp_app_dir }}/.npm"
 edxapp_npm_bin: "{{ edxapp_npm_dir }}/bin"
 edxapp_settings: '{{ EDXAPP_SETTINGS }}'
-EDXAPP_NODE_VERSION: "18"
-EDXAPP_NPM_VERSION: "10.5.1"
+EDXAPP_NODE_VERSION: "16"
+EDXAPP_NPM_VERSION: "8.5.0"
 # This is where node installs modules, not node itself
 edxapp_node_bin: "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}/node_modules/.bin"
 edxapp_user: edxapp