diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index e060db8370..08fc2fe0b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn lint
 
   build:
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       # Run build all the projects
       - run: yarn build
       # Check the types of the projects built via esbuild
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn test --ignore=@budibase/worker --ignore=@budibase/server --ignore=@budibase/pro
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
@@ -104,13 +104,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
-      - run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Test worker and server
+        run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN || github.token }} # not required for public repos
@@ -127,12 +128,12 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN || github.token }}
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/pro
 
   integration-test:
@@ -148,12 +149,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'Budibase/budibase'
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
-      - run: yarn
+      - run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn build --projects=@budibase/server,@budibase/worker,@budibase/client
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
index 61cb283e28..bd727b7865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-develop.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: 18.x
 
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Update versions
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 835d07c442..7950a44576 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v14.20.1
+v18.17.0
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 9f2ea77b14..a909d60941 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-nodejs 14.21.3
+nodejs 18.17.0
 python 3.10.0
-yarn 1.22.19
\ No newline at end of file
+yarn 1.22.19
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2fb4c36fa8..70f198a84c 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Component libraries are collections of components as well as the definition of t
 
 #### 1. Prerequisites
 
-- NodeJS version `14.x.x`
+- NodeJS version `18.x.x`
 - Python version `3.x`
 
 ### Using asdf (recommended)
diff --git a/hosting/single/Dockerfile b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
index e43e5ad10c..6fc1f96d28 100644
--- a/hosting/single/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-slim as build
+FROM node:18-slim as build
 
 # install node-gyp dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils cron g++ make python
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 9640694d79..0d8ae345e8 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.8-alpha.0",
+  "version": "2.9.8-alpha.1",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d27af2e27d..4294e83883 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "@budibase/types": "0.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0 <15.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0 <19.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
index f6c702f7ef..06bd91392e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tests/core/utilities/testContainerUtils.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function getRedisConfig() {
 
 export function setupEnv(...envs: any[]) {
   const couch = getCouchConfig(),
-    minio = getCouchConfig(),
+    minio = getMinioConfig(),
     redis = getRedisConfig()
   const configs = [
     { key: "COUCH_DB_PORT", value: couch.port },
diff --git a/packages/server/Dockerfile b/packages/server/Dockerfile
index a526538b71..61f064ecfb 100644
--- a/packages/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-slim
+FROM node:18-slim
 
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-check="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-check.sh"
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-update="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-update.sh"
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
index bc21ec53ed..990d534d8c 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ if [[ -n $CI ]]
 then
   # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
   export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
-  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit --bail"
-  jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit --bail
+  node ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --version
+  echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail"
+  jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit --workerIdleMemoryLimit=2000MB --bail
 else
   # --maxWorkers performs better in development
   echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit"
diff --git a/packages/worker/Dockerfile b/packages/worker/Dockerfile
index dd98f3b7f8..4230ee86f8 100644
--- a/packages/worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/worker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-alpine
+FROM node:18-alpine
 
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-check="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-check.sh"
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.lifecycle.pre-update="scripts/watchtower-hooks/pre-update.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index b93ae1bbe6..2ca41b5f7d 100755
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
       TsconfigPathsPlugin({ tsconfig: tsconfigPathPluginContent }),
       nodeExternalsPlugin(),
     ],
-    target: "node14",
     preserveSymlinks: true,
     loader: {
       ".svelte": "copy",