diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 14d0b7d5ae..8fca17cf63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '17.x'
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Build UI
         run: make build-ui
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '17.x'
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Build and install dependencies
         # There's a `git restore` in here because `make install-go-ci-dependencies` is actually messing up go.mod & go.sum.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5e2fcc1acb..aaa3f48b51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "lts/*"
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
       - name: Release (Dry Run)
         id: get_versions
         run: |
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "lts/*"
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
       - name: Bump file versions
         run: python ./infra/scripts/release/bump_file_versions.py ${CURRENT_VERSION} ${NEXT_VERSION}
       - name: Install yarn dependencies
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "lts/*"
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
       - name: Bump file versions (temporarily for Web UI publish)
         run: python ./infra/scripts/release/bump_file_versions.py ${CURRENT_VERSION} ${NEXT_VERSION}
       - name: Install yarn dependencies
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
-        node-version: "lts/*"
+        node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
     - name: Set up Homebrew
       id: set-up-homebrew
       uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index efce61b7b2..af23c8d808 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Install yarn dependencies
         working-directory: ./ui
diff --git a/ui/.nvmrc b/ui/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67e145bf0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v20.18.0
diff --git a/ui/CONTRIBUTING.md b/ui/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3c13759e26..f75c34c2a5 100644
--- a/ui/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/ui/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ You can see the logic in [../sdk/python/feast/ui](../sdk/python/feast/ui/). This
 
 Under the hood, what happens is that the Feast SDK spins up a server which exposes an endpoint to the registry. It then mounts the UI on the server and points it to fetch data from that registry.
 
+## Node.js version
+[Node Version Manager](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) is used for conveniently ensuring a consistent Node.js version. The version is defined in the [`.nvmrc`](.nvmrc) file, and you can install and use that version by running `nvm install` (or `nvm use` once it's installed).
+
 ## NPM package project structure
 The Web UI is powered by a JSON registry dump from Feast (running `feast registry-dump`). Running `yarn start` launches a UI
 powered by test data. 
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 5de1537862..f793cd06e6 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.0.1",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.5.2",
     "@types/jest": "^27.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "^16.7.13",
+    "@types/node": "^20.16.13",
     "@types/react": "^18.3.11",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
     "msw": "^0.36.8",
diff --git a/ui/yarn.lock b/ui/yarn.lock
index 9c8c874e20..e3a9a5b7f5 100644
--- a/ui/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/yarn.lock
@@ -2469,10 +2469,12 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-18.7.18.tgz#633184f55c322e4fb08612307c274ee6d5ed3154"
   integrity sha512-m+6nTEOadJZuTPkKR/SYK3A2d7FZrgElol9UP1Kae90VVU4a6mxnPuLiIW1m4Cq4gZ/nWb9GrdVXJCoCazDAbg==
 
-"@types/node@^16.7.13":
-  version "16.11.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.11.21.tgz#474d7589a30afcf5291f59bd49cca9ad171ffde4"
-  integrity sha512-Pf8M1XD9i1ksZEcCP8vuSNwooJ/bZapNmIzpmsMaL+jMI+8mEYU3PKvs+xDNuQcJWF/x24WzY4qxLtB0zNow9A==
+"@types/node@^20.16.13":
+  version "20.16.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-20.16.13.tgz#148c152d757dc73f8d65f0f6f078f39050b85b0c"
+  integrity sha512-GjQ7im10B0labo8ZGXDGROUl9k0BNyDgzfGpb4g/cl+4yYDWVKcozANF4FGr4/p0O/rAkQClM6Wiwkije++1Tg==
+  dependencies:
+    undici-types "~6.19.2"
 
 "@types/numeral@^2.0.5":
   version "2.0.5"
@@ -11065,6 +11067,11 @@ undici-types@~6.19.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undici-types/-/undici-types-6.19.8.tgz#35111c9d1437ab83a7cdc0abae2f26d88eda0a02"
   integrity sha512-ve2KP6f/JnbPBFyobGHuerC9g1FYGn/F8n1LWTwNxCEzd6IfqTwUQcNXgEtmmQ6DlRrC1hrSrBnCZPokRrDHjw==
 
+undici-types@~6.19.2:
+  version "6.19.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undici-types/-/undici-types-6.19.8.tgz#35111c9d1437ab83a7cdc0abae2f26d88eda0a02"
+  integrity sha512-ve2KP6f/JnbPBFyobGHuerC9g1FYGn/F8n1LWTwNxCEzd6IfqTwUQcNXgEtmmQ6DlRrC1hrSrBnCZPokRrDHjw==
+
 unherit@^1.0.4:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unherit/-/unherit-1.1.3.tgz#6c9b503f2b41b262330c80e91c8614abdaa69c22"