diff --git a/dependencies.sh b/dependencies.sh
index 62463ad41604..f6687b574e00 100644
--- a/dependencies.sh
+++ b/dependencies.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ export BYOND_MINOR=1633
 export RUST_G_VERSION=3.1.0
 
 #node version
-export NODE_VERSION=14
-export NODE_VERSION_PRECISE=14.16.1
+export NODE_VERSION_LTS=20.13.0
+# compatiblility mode MUST work with windows 7
+export NODE_VERSION_COMPAT=20.2.0
 
 # SpacemanDMM git tag
 export SPACEMAN_DMM_VERSION=suite-1.8
diff --git a/tgui/.prettierignore b/tgui/.prettierignore
index 79e703c95440..a91324ebe6e8 100644
--- a/tgui/.prettierignore
+++ b/tgui/.prettierignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /yarn.lock
 /.pnp.*
 
+.swcrc
 /docs
 /public
 /packages/tgui-polyfill
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/node b/tools/bootstrap/node
index 6757035d135c..10701bc39af2 100755
--- a/tools/bootstrap/node
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/node
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ if [ "$TG_BOOTSTRAP_CACHE" ]; then
 fi
 OldPWD="$PWD"
 cd "$Bootstrap/../.."
-. ./dependencies.sh  # sets NODE_VERSION_PRECISE
+. ./dependencies.sh  # sets NODE_VERSION_LTS
 cd "$OldPWD"
-NodeVersion="$NODE_VERSION_PRECISE"
+NodeVersion="$NODE_VERSION_LTS"
 NodeFullVersion="node-v$NodeVersion-win-x64"
 NodeDir="$Cache/$NodeFullVersion"
 NodeExe="$NodeDir/node.exe"
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/node_.ps1 b/tools/bootstrap/node_.ps1
index 1107d9542c8e..8e3c96517f94 100644
--- a/tools/bootstrap/node_.ps1
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/node_.ps1
@@ -30,7 +30,19 @@ $Cache = "$BaseDir\.cache"
 if ($Env:TG_BOOTSTRAP_CACHE) {
 	$Cache = $Env:TG_BOOTSTRAP_CACHE
 }
-$NodeVersion = Extract-Variable -Path "$BaseDir\..\..\dependencies.sh" -Key "NODE_VERSION_PRECISE"
+
+# Get OS version
+[int]$OSMajor = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem).Version.Split(".")[0]
+
+# Set Node version based on OS version
+if ($OSMajor -lt 10) {
+	# Anything under Windows 10
+	$NodeVersion = Extract-Variable -Path "$BaseDir\..\..\dependencies.sh" -Key "NODE_VERSION_COMPAT"
+}
+else {
+	$NodeVersion = Extract-Variable -Path "$BaseDir\..\..\dependencies.sh" -Key "NODE_VERSION_LTS"
+}
+
 $NodeSource = "https://nodejs.org/download/release/v$NodeVersion/win-x64/node.exe"
 $NodeTargetDir = "$Cache\node-v$NodeVersion-x64"
 $NodeTarget = "$NodeTargetDir\node.exe"
diff --git a/tools/ci/install_node.sh b/tools/ci/install_node.sh
index c21b8f0110b0..906984ed3fa1 100644
--- a/tools/ci/install_node.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/install_node.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ source dependencies.sh
 
 if [[ -e ~/.nvm/nvm.sh ]]; then
 	source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-	nvm install $NODE_VERSION
-	nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+	nvm install $NODE_VERSION_COMPAT
+	nvm use $NODE_VERSION_COMPAT
 fi