diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b4cc57d8e0..aa927ae0804 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 !/.github/
 !/.gitignore
 !/.npmrc
+!/.nvmrc
 !/.release-please-manifest.json
 !/.reuse/
 !/*.md
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c032078a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+18
diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 15e76f7b9bd..375d6563094 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Files: content/* static/*
 Copyright: 2020 GitHub
 License: CC-BY-4.0
 
-Files: scripts/* cli/* theme/* src/* .github/* *.md *.js *.json .npmrc .gitignore
+Files: scripts/* cli/* theme/* src/* .github/* *.md *.js *.json .npmrc .gitignore .nvmrc
 Copyright: 2020 GitHub
 License: MIT
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6cbab17aef0..f3ff05e0337 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ Next, `npm run develop` to start the test server to view your changes.
 The Gatsby server will be started on port 8000.  You can navigate to
 `http://localhost:8000` to view the site live.
 
-**For best results use npm 8**
+In order to cut down on the time it takes `npm run develop` to complete, you can
+use the environment variable `GATSBY_PARTIAL_CONTENT` to only build some pages.
+For example, if the only pages you need to test locally are in `/cli/v10/commands`,
+then you can run the site locally with `GATSBY_PARTIAL_CONTENT=cli/v10/commands npm run develop`.
+
+**For best results use Node 18 and npm 9+**
 
 **Gatsby will watch your filesystem looking for updates.**  Any content
 changes you make should be reflected in the site immediately.
diff --git a/scripts/template-oss/index.js b/scripts/template-oss/index.js
index fb92029a2d1..f04895ae654 100644
--- a/scripts/template-oss/index.js
+++ b/scripts/template-oss/index.js
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ module.exports = {
     '/gatsby-*.js',
     '/CONTRIBUTING.md',
     '/CONTENT-MODEL.md',
+    '/.nvmrc',
   ],
 }