diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
index ed644116e3ec..d09b6b3a294a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       };
       text = ''
         new_src="$(nix-build --attr "pkgs.$PNAME.src" --no-out-link)"
-        new_electron_major="$(jq '.devDependencies.electron' "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '\d+' | head -n 1)"
-        new_pnpm_major="$(jq '.packageManager' "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '\d+' | head -n 1)"
+        get_major_version() {
+          jq -r "$1" "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '[0-9]+' | head -n 1
+        }
+
+        new_node_major="$(get_major_version '.engines.node')"
+        new_electron_major="$(get_major_version '.devDependencies.electron')"
+        new_pnpm_major="$(get_major_version '.packageManager')"
+
+        sed -i -E "s/nodejs_[0-9]+/nodejs_$new_node_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
         sed -i -E "s/electron_[0-9]+/electron_$new_electron_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
         sed -i -E "s/pnpm_[0-9]+/pnpm_$new_pnpm_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
       '';