diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2890b0403b5e662690459735d660e92a8f27eedd..c93e9c9d77b17ff4d11a3c58468f44e5dfc682ce 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test_opam_test:
 
 
 release:
-  image: node:20-buster-slim
+  image: node:19-buster-slim
   stage: release
   before_script:
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git-core ca-certificates