diff --git a/.dadew b/.dadew
index 2470625ea454..ab1dd883f35c 100644
--- a/.dadew
+++ b/.dadew
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "ojdkbuild11",
         "maven-3.6.1",
         "msys2",
-        "nodejs-12.17.0",
+        "nodejs",
         "nsis-3.04",
         "python-3.8.2",
         "stack",
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 45095dd51fe8..f5ac0ff97500 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ dev_env_tool(
         ".",
     ],
     win_paths = [],
-    win_tool = "nodejs-12.17.0",
+    win_tool = "nodejs",
 )
 
 # Setup the Node.js toolchain
diff --git a/compatibility/WORKSPACE b/compatibility/WORKSPACE
index 925644238450..9d2a03b541f3 100644
--- a/compatibility/WORKSPACE
+++ b/compatibility/WORKSPACE
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ dev_env_tool(
         ".",
     ],
     win_paths = [],
-    win_tool = "nodejs-12.17.0",
+    win_tool = "nodejs",
 )
 
 node_repositories(
diff --git a/dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs-12.17.0.json b/dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs.json
similarity index 73%
rename from dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs-12.17.0.json
rename to dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs.json
index aaa426d49af5..cb56b089c980 100644
--- a/dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs-12.17.0.json
+++ b/dev-env/windows/manifests/nodejs.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
     "homepage": "https://nodejs.org",
     "description": "As an asynchronous event driven JavaScript runtime, Node is designed to build scalable network applications. (Long Term Support)",
-    "version": "12.17.0",
+    "version": "14.18.3",
     "license": "MIT",
     "architecture": {
         "64bit": {
-            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.17.0/node-v12.17.0-win-x64.7z",
-            "hash": "1749c9dcfceb29ad0c6ffa447f86d96efec8f97823b3b5e17940de9043113ca3",
-            "extract_dir": "node-v12.17.0-win-x64"
+            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.18.3/node-v14.18.3-win-x64.7z",
+            "hash": "456f3d26f900dbf0221b311884e81926b4aea96d75e57b30ab6cb142d05e10d9",
+            "extract_dir": "node-v14.18.3-win-x64"
         },
         "32bit": {
-            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.17.0/node-v12.17.0-win-x86.7z",
-            "hash": "d79026437e764fa090b562ca504dd6596601105b14fc564d54da4e23a1f52c06",
-            "extract_dir": "node-v12.17.0-win-x86"
+            "url": "https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.18.3/node-v14.18.3-win-x86.7z",
+            "hash": "a7ec2f7d8a5973869eebae31f24d859bfb363bb9df8ad19404ff28b84784c0e1",
+            "extract_dir": "node-v14.18.3-win-x86"
         }
     },
     "persist": [
diff --git a/nix/nixpkgs.nix b/nix/nixpkgs.nix
index 6f1017ae81e3..8a29bf7bdc14 100644
--- a/nix/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nix/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 
   # package overrides
   overrides = _: pkgs: rec {
-    nodejs = pkgs.nodejs-12_x;
+    nodejs = pkgs.nodejs-14_x;
     ephemeralpg = pkgs.ephemeralpg.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: {
       installPhase = ''
         mkdir -p $out
diff --git a/release/RELEASE.md b/release/RELEASE.md
index a77a91367334..e84f6f907ac9 100644
--- a/release/RELEASE.md
+++ b/release/RELEASE.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ patches we backport to the 1.0 release branch).
       - Just the bare install; no need to build C dependencies.
       - `create-daml-app` doesn't work with the latest version 17.x of node.js.
         If you have `nix` installed, you can use a suitable version of nodejs by
-        running `nix-shell -p nodejs-12_x` before running the `npm` commands below.
+        running `nix-shell -p nodejs-14_x` before running the `npm` commands below.
 
 1. Run `daml version --assistant=yes` and verify that the new version is
    selected as the assistant version and the default version for new projects.