diff --git a/production/mempool-start-all b/production/mempool-start-all
index b01fe8aff..8638cabf9 100755
--- a/production/mempool-start-all
+++ b/production/mempool-start-all
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-nvm use v20.7.0
+nvm use v20.12.0
 
 # start all mempool backends that exist
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