diff --git a/install/domain-locker-install.sh b/install/domain-locker-install.sh
index ae4bec033..5fbf680ba 100644
--- a/install/domain-locker-install.sh
+++ b/install/domain-locker-install.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ update_os
 
 PG_VERSION="17" setup_postgresql
 PG_DB_NAME="domainlocker" PG_DB_USER="domainlocker" setup_postgresql_db
-setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "domain-locker" "Lissy93/domain-locker"