diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
index 0c0c3d009..6bdf0fc77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
               with:
-                  node-version: 18
+                  node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
             - name: Install dependencies
               run: yarn
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index fac0b0a83..02c8b485e 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.20.0
+18.18.0