diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c5fbd0cbb142851db2d26aa2c27c1d3a71d55a3d..4300686d7f37ed5a90d28eb167f18dcfe355c3bf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ stages:
   - release
 
 release:
-  image: node:12-buster-slim
+  image: node:18-slim
   stage: release
   before_script:
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git-core ca-certificates