diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
index a4121b9575fd..a003c0e9bfb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v18.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@ let
 in
 buildNodejs {
   inherit enableNpm;
-  # The change to minor version 18.20.0 breaks compatibility with ffi-napi
-  # This breaks the compilation of some nix packages.
-  # While this is investigated and fixed, do not upgrade the minor version.
-  version = "18.19.1";
-  sha256 = "sha256-CQ+WouzeCAtrOCxtZCvKXQvkcCp4y1Vb578CsgvRbe0=";
+  version = "18.20.1";
+  sha256 = "sha256-xthnqfJeY1SBDv+4IB+BR6FbKAAOUHkP2gDRyhX0m4o=";
   patches = [
     ./disable-darwin-v8-system-instrumentation.patch
     ./bypass-darwin-xcrun-node16.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
index fe6f36617d23..6a8de3c6c7b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/openvscode-server/default.nix
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-node-download.patch
   ];
 
+  # Disable NAPI_EXPERIMENTAL to allow to build with Node.js≥18.20.0.
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DNODE_API_EXPERIMENTAL_NOGC_ENV_OPT_OUT";
+
   postPatch = ''
     export HOME=$PWD