diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/check-builds.yml
index 24a87c2bb..3643ea5d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-builds.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
 
-      - run: sudo yarn workspaces focus client
-      - run: sudo yarn workspace client build
+      - run: yarn workspaces focus client
+      - run: yarn workspace client build
 
   check_server_build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
       
-      - run: sudo yarn workspaces focus server
-      - run: sudo yarn workspace server build
\ No newline at end of file
+      - run: yarn workspaces focus server
+      - run: yarn workspace server build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-codegen.yml b/.github/workflows/check-codegen.yml
index 833245f78..64c38f035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-codegen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-codegen.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
 
       - name: Install dependencies 
-        run: sudo yarn
+        run: yarn
 
       - name: Generate server code
         run: yarn workspace server tsoa spec-and-routes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-client-production.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-client-production.yml
index 3e620f879..1b673549f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-client-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-client-production.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
     environment: Client Production
 
     steps:
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - run: cd client && yarn workspaces focus client && yarn run build
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
+
+      - run: yarn workspaces focus client && yarn workspace client build
 
       - uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@v0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-merge.yml
index 8f4f841b3..183eaaf28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-merge.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ jobs:
   build_and_deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
+
+      - run: yarn workspaces focus client && yarn workspace client build
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: cd client && yarn workspaces focus client && yarn run build
       - uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@v0
         with:
           repoToken: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-pull-request.yml
index d2b9b94ff..9fcbc94d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/firebase-client-hosting-pull-request.yml
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ jobs:
   Build-And-Preview:
     if: "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
 
+    steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: cd client && yarn workspaces focus client && yarn run build
+
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
+
+      - run: yarn workspaces focus client && yarn workspace client build
       - uses: FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy@v0
         with:
           repoToken: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 042c433c4..60a58677d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac
 
       - name: Install NPM dependencies
-        run: sudo yarn
+        run: yarn
 
       - name: Run ESLint on ALL files
         run: yarn lint-all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prettier.yml b/.github/workflows/prettier.yml
index 7726b2b36..f402157a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prettier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prettier.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
 
-      - run: sudo yarn
+      - run: yarn
       - run: yarn prettier:ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 0ddd9937b..0165dce6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - name: Enable corepack
-        run: corepack enable
+      - name: Install volta
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v4
 
-      - run: sudo npm install -g firebase-tools
-      - run: sudo yarn
+      - run: npm install -g firebase-tools
+      - run: yarn
       - run: yarn test
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 889c7aabc..000000000
Binary files a/.nvmrc and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 049c2d6ae..217cad276 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
 # syntax = docker/dockerfile:1
-# Adjust NODE_VERSION as desired
-ARG NODE_VERSION=20
-FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-slim as base
+FROM debian:stable-slim as base
 
 LABEL fly_launch_runtime="Node.js"
 
 # Node.js app lives here
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Set production environment
-RUN corepack enable
+# curl and ca-certificates are needed for volta installation
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y \
+  curl \
+  ca-certificates \
+  --no-install-recommends
+
+# bash will load volta() function via .bashrc 
+# using $VOLTA_HOME/load.sh
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+# since we're starting non-interactive shell, 
+# we wil need to tell bash to load .bashrc manually
+ENV BASH_ENV ~/.bashrc
+# needed by volta() function
+ENV VOLTA_HOME /root/.volta
+# make sure packages managed by volta will be in PATH
+ENV PATH $VOLTA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
+# install volta
+RUN curl https://get.volta.sh | bash
+RUN volta install node
 
 # Throw-away build stage to reduce size of final image
 FROM base as install 
 
-# Install packages needed to build node modules
-RUN apt-get update -qq && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y build-essential node-gyp pkg-config python-is-python3
-
 # Install node modules
 COPY --link package.json yarn.lock .yarnrc.yml tsconfig.json ./
 COPY --link ./server ./server
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4316463a..8205d45f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "volta": {
-    "node": "20.0.0",
+    "node": "20.3.0",
     "yarn": "4.1.1"
   }
 }