diff --git a/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest.java b/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest.java
index f6103e29..7912a690 100644
--- a/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest.java
+++ b/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest {
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusUnitTest config = QuinoaQuarkusUnitTest.create(NAME).toQuarkusUnitTest()
             .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install", "true")
-            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version", "18.17.0")
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version", "18.18.0")
             .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.install-dir", INSTALL_DIR)
             .assertLogRecords(l -> {
                 assertThat(l)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class QuinoaPackageManagerInstallTest {
                                 ((String) s.getParameters()[0])
                                         .endsWith(computeBinary(INSTALL_DIR) + " run build"));
                 assertThat(l)
-                        .anyMatch(s -> s.getMessage().equals("v18.17.0"));
+                        .anyMatch(s -> s.getMessage().equals("v18.18.0"));
             });
 
     @Test
diff --git a/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest.java b/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest.java
index fe9ade20..1e39c514 100644
--- a/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest.java
+++ b/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/test/QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest {
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusUnitTest config = QuinoaQuarkusUnitTest.create(NAME).toQuarkusUnitTest()
             .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install", "true")
-            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version", "18.17.0")
+            .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version", "18.18.0")
             .overrideConfigKey("quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.install-dir", INSTALL_DIR)
             .assertLogRecords(l -> {
                 assertThat(l)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class QuinoaPackageManagerInstallWithSpaceTest {
                                 ((String) s.getParameters()[0])
                                         .endsWith(computeBinary(INSTALL_DIR) + " run build"));
                 assertThat(l)
-                        .anyMatch(s -> s.getMessage().equals("v18.17.0"));
+                        .anyMatch(s -> s.getMessage().equals("v18.18.0"));
             });
 
     @Test
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
index 27065e46..d3326683 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Quinoa can be configured to install NodeJS and NPM in the project directory:
 [source,properties]
 ----
 quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install=true <1>
-quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version=18.17.0 <2>
+quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version=18.18.0 <2>
 ----
 
 <1> Enable package manager install
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/main/resources/application.properties b/integration-tests/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 31f6bead..b604115b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 %angular.quarkus.quinoa.ignored-path-prefixes=/q,/bar/foo/baz
 %angular.quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install=true
 %angular.quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.install-dir=target/
-%angular.quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version=18.17.0
+%angular.quarkus.quinoa.package-manager-install.node-version=18.18.0
 %lit.quarkus.quinoa.ui-dir=src/main/ui-lit
 %lit.quarkus.quinoa.build-dir=dist
 %lit.quarkus.quinoa.index-page=app.html
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/codestarts/quarkus/quinoa-codestart/base/src/main/resources/application.yml b/runtime/src/main/codestarts/quarkus/quinoa-codestart/base/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 2e08a56f..b96df5e9 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/codestarts/quarkus/quinoa-codestart/base/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/runtime/src/main/codestarts/quarkus/quinoa-codestart/base/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ quarkus:
   quinoa:
     package-manager-install:
       ~: true
-      node-version: 18.17.0
+      node-version: 18.18.0