diff --git a/services/real-time/.nvmrc b/services/real-time/.nvmrc
index d36e8d82f3..348076b955 100644
--- a/services/real-time/.nvmrc
+++ b/services/real-time/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.15.1
+10.15.3
diff --git a/services/real-time/Dockerfile b/services/real-time/Dockerfile
index e7243c5291..bdfbfbd123 100644
--- a/services/real-time/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/real-time/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:6.15.1 as app
+FROM node:10.15.3 as app
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COPY . /app
 
 RUN npm run compile:all
 
-FROM node:6.15.1
+FROM node:10.15.3
 
 COPY --from=app /app /app
 
diff --git a/services/real-time/buildscript.txt b/services/real-time/buildscript.txt
index 1f61f10934..07e0c1e9ac 100644
--- a/services/real-time/buildscript.txt
+++ b/services/real-time/buildscript.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 real-time
 --language=coffeescript
---node-version=6.15.1
+--node-version=10.15.3
 --acceptance-creds=None
 --dependencies=mongo,redis
 --docker-repos=gcr.io/overleaf-ops
diff --git a/services/real-time/docker-compose.yml b/services/real-time/docker-compose.yml
index 47b12619da..0d55e99a9c 100644
--- a/services/real-time/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/real-time/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version: "2"
 
 services:
   test_unit:
-    image: node:6.15.1
+    image: node:10.15.3
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     working_dir: /app