diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index b832e40..ca5c350 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.16.0
+24.18.0
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9ee88ea..0395f1e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Docker's cache will let us skip installs when the dependencies haven't changed.
 # We build on debian because it has fewer dependency issues than Alpine for our
 # native modules, and we don't really care about the larger image size.
-FROM node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim AS server_base
+FROM node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim AS server_base
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ FROM server_base AS build_backend
 RUN npm run build
 
 # make a shared layer that can be the base for worker and api images.
-FROM node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim AS backend_base
+FROM node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim AS backend_base
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install dumb-init
 COPY --from=build_backend ["/app/package.json", "/app/package-lock.json", "./"]
diff --git a/client/Dockerfile b/client/Dockerfile
index 4cc7608..dcfff60 100644
--- a/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/client/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim AS client_base
+FROM node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim AS client_base
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # ARG is used to get the release id into the ENV from the command line, and then
diff --git a/db/Dockerfile b/db/Dockerfile
index 15ffa9d..d43d7dd 100644
--- a/db/Dockerfile
+++ b/db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim AS builder
+FROM node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 
 RUN npm prune --omit=dev
 
-FROM node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim AS base
+FROM node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim AS base
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 88b542f..5837d02 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
 
   # Runs all migrations from scratch, after clearing the database(s).
   migrations:
-    image: node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim
+    image: node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim
     command: bash -c 'set -e
       npm i && ( [ "$CI" = "true" ] && npm run db:clean -- --env staging || true )
       && for db in api-server-pg scylla clickhouse; do npm run db:create -- --db "$$db" --env staging; npm run db:update -- --db "$$db" --env staging; done'
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
 
   drop_dbs:
-    image: node:24.14.1-bullseye-slim
+    image: node:24.18.0-bullseye-slim
     command: bash -c 'npm i && npm run db:drop -- --env staging'
     working_dir: /src
     env_file: ./.env.githubci
diff --git a/docs/development/README.md b/docs/development/README.md
index 71a37e9..2af6f6c 100644
--- a/docs/development/README.md
+++ b/docs/development/README.md
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ To get Coop running:
 
    ```
    0.40.4
-   Found '.nvmrc' with version <24.14.1>
-   v24.14.1 is already installed.
-   Now using node v24.14.1 (npm v11.11.0)
+   Found '.nvmrc' with version <24.18.0>
+   v24.18.0 is already installed.
+   Now using node v24.18.0 (npm v11.11.0)
    Docker version 29.4.3, build 055a478
    ```
 
diff --git a/nodejs-instrumentation/Dockerfile b/nodejs-instrumentation/Dockerfile
index 694c145..efdac86 100644
--- a/nodejs-instrumentation/Dockerfile
+++ b/nodejs-instrumentation/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # - Grant the necessary access to `/autoinstrumentation` directory. `chmod -R go+r /autoinstrumentation`
 # - For auto-instrumentation by container injection, the Linux command cp is
 #   used and must be availabe in the image.
-FROM node:24.14.1 AS build
+FROM node:24.18.0 AS build
 
 WORKDIR /operator-build