diff --git a/admin/.nvmrc b/admin/.nvmrc
index c9d82507f..3794ab241 100644
--- a/admin/.nvmrc
+++ b/admin/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v14.17.0
\ No newline at end of file
+v18.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 634f60c97..5bdf10547 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ echo 'Updating admin' >> $UPDATE_HTML
 cd $PROJECT_ROOT/admin
 # TODO maybe handle this differently?
 unset NODE_ENV
+nvm use
+npm i -g yarn
 yarn install
 yarn build
 # TODO maybe handle this differently?