diff --git a/roles/nodejs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nodejs/tasks/main.yml
index 78b7e2b..1d5cca9 100644
--- a/roles/nodejs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nodejs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 - name: Install nodejs
   ansible.builtin.package:
     name: nodejs
-    state: present
+    state: latest
     update_cache: true
diff --git a/roles/nodejs/vars/main.yml b/roles/nodejs/vars/main.yml
index 8a0a6cf..48259c8 100644
--- a/roles/nodejs/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nodejs/vars/main.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 nodejs_key_url: "https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key"
 nodejs_key_path: "/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg"
-nodejs_version: "18"
+nodejs_version: "20"