diff --git a/doc/dev/developer_guide/dash-devel.rst b/doc/dev/developer_guide/dash-devel.rst
index cbeead788eb69..1277cecc552f7 100644
--- a/doc/dev/developer_guide/dash-devel.rst
+++ b/doc/dev/developer_guide/dash-devel.rst
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ The build process is based on `Node.js <https://nodejs.org/>`_ and requires the
 Prerequisites
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
- * Node 16.20.0 or higher
- * NPM 6.14.9 or higher
+ * Node 18.17.0 or higher
+ * NPM 9.6.7 or higher
 
 nodeenv:
   During Ceph's build we create a virtualenv with ``node`` and ``npm``
diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 0ed52e5736449..f69a969ada0c6 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ build_dashboard_frontend() {
 
   $CURR_DIR/src/tools/setup-virtualenv.sh $TEMP_DIR
   $TEMP_DIR/bin/pip install nodeenv
-  $TEMP_DIR/bin/nodeenv --verbose -p --node=16.20.1
+  $TEMP_DIR/bin/nodeenv --verbose -p --node=18.17.0
   cd src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend
 
   . $TEMP_DIR/bin/activate
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index 78ba7620d589b..2527ef23e85e5 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function(add_npm_options)
       npm config set ${key} ${value} --userconfig ${NC_NODEENV_DIR}/.npmrc &&
       deactivate)
   endforeach()
+  set(npm_config_python ${MGR_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
   add_custom_target(${NC_TARGET}
     ${commands}
     DEPENDS ${NC_NODEENV_DIR}/bin/npm
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ else(WITH_SYSTEM_NPM)
     OUTPUT "${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/bin/npm"
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/tools/setup-virtualenv.sh --python=${MGR_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}
     COMMAND ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/bin/pip install nodeenv
-    COMMAND ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/bin/nodeenv --verbose ${node_mirror_opt} -p --node=16.20.1
+    COMMAND ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/bin/nodeenv --verbose ${node_mirror_opt} -p --node=18.17.0
     COMMAND mkdir ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/.npm
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     COMMENT "dashboard nodeenv is being installed")
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ else(WITH_SYSTEM_NPM)
   add_npm_options(
     NODEENV_DIR ${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}
     TARGET mgr-dashboard-nodeenv
-    OPTION python=${MGR_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
     OPTION cache=${mgr-dashboard-nodeenv-dir}/.npm
     ${npm_registry_opts})
   add_custom_target(mgr-dashboard-frontend-deps