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title: "Netlify Node.js Version"
date: "2025-04-29"
tags: []
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Netlify uses `nvm` in their build images. Set the Node.js version in `.npmrc` to tell Netlify which version you want to use. Netlify will also cache the downloaded version as a dependency to speed up subsequent builds.

Using the `.npmrc` approach also lets other developers know what version of Node.js is required.