diff --git a/ct/palmr.sh b/ct/palmr.sh
index 4d342d835..2ef184912 100644
--- a/ct/palmr.sh
+++ b/ct/palmr.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function update_script() {
     fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Palmr" "kyantech/Palmr" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/palmr"
 
     PNPM="$(jq -r '.packageManager' /opt/palmr/package.json)"
-    NODE_VERSION="20" NODE_MODULE="$PNPM" setup_nodejs
+    NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="$PNPM" setup_nodejs
 
     msg_info "Updating ${APP}"
     cd /opt/palmr/apps/server
diff --git a/install/palmr-install.sh b/install/palmr-install.sh
index 8edc559bf..0fd90a550 100644
--- a/install/palmr-install.sh
+++ b/install/palmr-install.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ update_os
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Palmr" "kyantech/Palmr" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/palmr"
 PNPM="$(jq -r '.packageManager' /opt/palmr/package.json)"
-NODE_VERSION="20" NODE_MODULE="$PNPM" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="$PNPM" setup_nodejs
 
 msg_info "Configuring palmr backend"
 PALMR_DIR="/opt/palmr_data"