diff --git a/services/spelling/.nvmrc b/services/spelling/.nvmrc
index 5b7269c0a9..b61c07ffdd 100644
--- a/services/spelling/.nvmrc
+++ b/services/spelling/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.19.0
+10.21.0
diff --git a/services/spelling/Dockerfile b/services/spelling/Dockerfile
index dfa61290ce..55076cc2cd 100644
--- a/services/spelling/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/spelling/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Instead run bin/update_build_scripts from
 # https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex-dev-environment
 
-FROM node:10.19.0 as base
+FROM node:10.21.0 as base
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY install_deps.sh /app