diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index b04ed6eb6..72dfb04f5 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ mosquitto_port: 1883
 
 # Node.js version used by roles/nodejs/tasks/main.yml for 3 roles:
 # nodered (Node-RED), pbx (Asterix, FreePBX) & sugarizer (Sugarizer)
-nodejs_version: 10.x    # was 8.x until 2019-02-02
+nodejs_version: 12.x    # was 8.x until 2019-02-02, was 10.x until 2019-12-21
 
 # Flow-based visual programming for wiring together IoT hardware devices etc
 nodered_install: False