diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
index 68483a4299a5885cb97868290151b2fb53f1d3c4..0d71e16001dd1fe984264a82435a38d25f95ffad 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN pip install setuptools==39.0.1 pip==9.0.3
 RUN pip install -r requirements/edx/base.txt
 
 # Install a recent version of nodejs
-RUN nodeenv /openedx/nodeenv --node=8.9.3 --prebuilt
+RUN nodeenv /openedx/nodeenv --node=12.13.0 --prebuilt
 ENV PATH /openedx/nodeenv/bin:${PATH}
 
 # Install nodejs requirements