diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic.yml b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
index 605d73183d4..3fd6daf0048 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 92f596fb9f8..a598efa9f37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
diff --git a/.github/workflows/monaco-editor.yml b/.github/workflows/monaco-editor.yml
index 2501e08db9f..eb263b3340c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/monaco-editor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/monaco-editor.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18.15
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
           ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: 1
-        run: yarn --frozen-lockfile --network-timeout 180000
+        run: |
+          npm i -g node-gyp@9.4.0
+          yarn --frozen-lockfile --network-timeout 180000
 
       - name: Download Playwright
         run: yarn playwright-install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rich-navigation.yml.off b/.github/workflows/rich-navigation.yml.off
index a05130cbce4..73d073f4d7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rich-navigation.yml.off
+++ b/.github/workflows/rich-navigation.yml.off
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.caching-stage.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 0f9eb824458..2f3e481d471 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.15
\ No newline at end of file
+18.18
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/cli-build-alpine.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/cli-build-alpine.yml
index 5578e1b4824..d10fbe898e4 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/cli-build-alpine.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/cli-build-alpine.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     # Install yarn as the ARM64 build agent is using vanilla Ubuntu
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/product-build-alpine.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/product-build-alpine.yml
index 90cf6ac2c35..4e318644d08 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/product-build-alpine.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/alpine/product-build-alpine.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - template: ../distro/download-distro.yml
 
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/cli-build-darwin.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/cli-build-darwin.yml
index e73d0f6cf2f..0bf063276ca 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/cli-build-darwin.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/cli-build-darwin.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ../cli/cli-apply-patches.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli-sign.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli-sign.yml
index 407ba2d68a2..87d631ddc47 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli-sign.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-cli-sign.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - script: node build/setup-npm-registry.js $NPM_REGISTRY build
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['NPM_REGISTRY'], 'none'))
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-sign.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-sign.yml
index 99ba343e84c..5cf10f9f7e4 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-sign.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-sign.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: UseDotNet@2
     inputs:
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-universal.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-universal.yml
index 9f79d63c508..b59866f4664 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-universal.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-universal.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - template: ../distro/download-distro.yml
 
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
index f39d7da935c..35b207cb7f5 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ steps:
 
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ../distro/download-distro.yml
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ steps:
   - script: |
       set -e
       export npm_config_arch=$(VSCODE_ARCH)
-      npm i -g node-gyp
+      npm i -g node-gyp@9.4.0
 
       for i in {1..5}; do # try 5 times
         yarn --frozen-lockfile --check-files && break
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/distro-build.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/distro-build.yml
index 2d2192b833b..552aced7685 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/distro-build.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/distro-build.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ pr: none
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
   - template: ./distro/download-distro.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/cli-build-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/cli-build-linux.yml
index e3be6d04654..4a0602655f0 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/cli-build-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/cli-build-linux.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ../cli/cli-apply-patches.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
index 25cd7e4b676..2f43515414f 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/product-build-linux.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ steps:
 
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ../distro/download-distro.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
index d56a5a81b45..c74783da146 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/linux/snap-build-linux.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@0
     displayName: "Download Pipeline Artifact"
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-linux.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-linux.yml
index cf6cbc259fa..f572c6fe688 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-linux.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-linux.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ steps:
 
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - script: node build/setup-npm-registry.js $NPM_REGISTRY
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['NPM_REGISTRY'], 'none'))
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-win32.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-win32.yml
index 4c76111275c..e4d70f0c7d7 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-win32.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/oss/product-build-pr-cache-win32.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ steps:
 
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - powershell: node build/setup-npm-registry.js $env:NPM_REGISTRY
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['NPM_REGISTRY'], 'none'))
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
index 1c18f54cbc3..5b5be806934 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-compile.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15.x"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ./distro/download-distro.yml
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ steps:
 
   - script: |
       set -e
+      npm i -g node-gyp@9.4.0
+
       for i in {1..5}; do # try 5 times
         yarn --frozen-lockfile --check-files && break
         if [ $i -eq 3 ]; then
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
index 49a38913c2c..aa4736874fc 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-publish.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: AzureKeyVault@1
     displayName: "Azure Key Vault: Get Secrets"
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
index d10855423bd..93f5fe9568a 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/product-release.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: AzureCLI@2
     inputs:
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
index db4768e75c9..6e2e6bedac1 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/publish-types/publish-types.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ pool:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - bash: |
       TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/sdl-scan.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/sdl-scan.yml
index 1da84032e66..cdc36fa7c56 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/sdl-scan.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/sdl-scan.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ stages:
               outputFormat: "pre"
           - task: NodeTool@0
             inputs:
-              versionSpec: "18.15"
+              versionSource: fromFile
+              versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
           - template: ./distro/download-distro.yml
 
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ stages:
               toolMajorVersion: "V2"
           - task: NodeTool@0
             inputs:
-              versionSpec: "18.15"
+              versionSource: fromFile
+              versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
           - template: ./distro/download-distro.yml
 
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/web/product-build-web.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/web/product-build-web.yml
index 461e3b148fd..ecdfe91ed0b 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/web/product-build-web.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/web/product-build-web.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - template: ../distro/download-distro.yml
 
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/cli-build-win32.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/cli-build-win32.yml
index 0a29826918d..8cc72d8938b 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/cli-build-win32.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/cli-build-win32.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - ${{ if ne(parameters.VSCODE_QUALITY, 'oss') }}:
     - template: ../cli/cli-apply-patches.yml
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32-cli-sign.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32-cli-sign.yml
index 48f3114d390..a1c5562c64c 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32-cli-sign.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32-cli-sign.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     displayName: "Use Node.js"
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - powershell: node build/setup-npm-registry.js $env:NPM_REGISTRY build
     condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['NPM_REGISTRY'], 'none'))
diff --git a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
index 7b80beb01a3..7391638cf68 100644
--- a/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
+++ b/build/azure-pipelines/win32/product-build-win32.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ steps:
 
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: "18.15"
+      versionSource: fromFile
+      versionFilePath: .nvmrc
 
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
     inputs: