diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b7375205eb..2d95372cba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "22.11"
+          node-version: "22.12"
       - name: Bare Metal ${{ matrix.script.name }}
         run: sh tests/test_bare.sh ${{ matrix.script.args }}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
index b749e5516b..87e22c4f60 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/node/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM docker.io/node:22.11-bookworm-slim
+FROM docker.io/node:22.12-bookworm-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.mjs b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.mjs
index 8fee32dc7f..70d4e5e2f2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import browserSyncLib from 'browser-sync';
 import concat from 'gulp-concat';
 import tildeImporter from 'node-sass-tilde-importer';
 import cssnano from 'cssnano';
-import imagemin from 'gulp-imagemin';
 import pixrem from 'pixrem';
 import plumber from 'gulp-plumber';
 import postcss from 'gulp-postcss';
@@ -100,7 +99,8 @@ function vendorScripts() {
 }
 
 // Image compression
-function imgCompression() {
+async function imgCompression() {
+  const imagemin = (await import("gulp-imagemin")).default;
   return src(`${paths.images}/*`)
     .pipe(imagemin()) // Compresses PNG, JPEG, GIF and SVG images
     .pipe(dest(paths.images));
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
index fe94edd218..49391d71a3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "22.11"
+    "node": "22.12"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "last 2 versions"