diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/default.nix
index 69f88d3aaf4e..4d049d0b34c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 let
 
   # To control nodejs version we pass down
-  nodejs = pkgs.nodejs_14;
+  nodejs = pkgs.nodejs_16;
 
   fetchElmDeps = pkgs.callPackage ./fetchElmDeps.nix { };