diff --git a/prepareDeployTarget.sh b/prepareDeployTarget.sh
index 07e552e..faccad8 100644
--- a/prepareDeployTarget.sh
+++ b/prepareDeployTarget.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ sudo -u ubuntu git config --global user.email e2etest@cloudron.io
 
 # install node LTS
 apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make
-mkdir -p /usr/local/node-4.2.2
-curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.2/node-v4.2.2-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-4.2.2
-ln -sf /usr/local/node-4.2.2/bin/node /usr/bin/node
-ln -sf /usr/local/node-4.2.2/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
+mkdir -p /usr/local/node-6.9.5
+curl -sL https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.9.5/node-v6.9.5-linux-x64.tar.gz | tar zxvf - --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/node-6.9.5
+ln -sf /usr/local/node-6.9.5/bin/node /usr/bin/node
+ln -sf /usr/local/node-6.9.5/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
 npm config set prefix /usr/local
 
 # copy ssh certs