diff --git a/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
index e8706edfb8a..74ec125ba78 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/common_vars/defaults/main.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP: False
 COMMON_ENABLE_MINOS: False
 COMMON_TAG_EC2_INSTANCE: False
 common_boto_version: '2.34.0'
-common_node_version: '6.11.1'
+common_node_version: '8.9.3'
 common_redhat_pkgs:
   - ntp
   - lynx