diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 07443d068e3fb..558f45826818e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 ARG JAVA_VERSION=17
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=jammy
 
+# Global nodeJS version used across multiple stages 
+ARG NODEJS_VERSION=20.9.0
+
 # Use OpenJDK Eclipe Temurin Ubuntu LTS
 FROM eclipse-temurin:$JAVA_VERSION-jdk-$UBUNTU_VERSION as base
 
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ COPY --from=pythonbuild /opt/python /opt/python
 FROM base AS nodejsbuild
 
 ARG BOWER_VERSION=1.8.12
-ARG NODEJS_VERSION=20.9.0
+ARG NODEJS_VERSION
 ARG NPM_VERSION=10.1.0
 ARG PNPM_VERSION=8.8.0
 ARG YARN_VERSION=1.22.17
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ COPY --from=python --chown=$USER:$USER $PYENV_ROOT $PYENV_ROOT
 RUN syft $PYENV_ROOT -o spdx-json --file /usr/share/doc/ort/ort-python.spdx.json
 
 # NodeJS
-ARG NODEJS_VERSION=18.14.2
+ARG NODEJS_VERSION
 ENV NVM_DIR=/opt/nvm
 ENV PATH=$PATH:$NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODEJS_VERSION/bin
 COPY --from=nodejs --chown=$USER:$USER $NVM_DIR $NVM_DIR