diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 790cd6c7010e..80dc1c8cbc56 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -2592,14 +2592,14 @@ jobs:
             bundle exec rspec
           no_output_timeout: 30m
       # Install Node.js directly from nodejs.org with SHA256 verification,
-      # instead of piping NodeSource's setup_18.x apt-repo installer into
+      # instead of piping NodeSource's setup_24.x apt-repo installer into
       # sudo bash (which runs a mutable upstream script unattended).
       - run:
-          name: Install Node.js 18.20.8
+          name: Install Node.js 24.19.0
           command: |
-            NODE_VERSION="18.20.8"
+            NODE_VERSION="24.19.0"
             NODE_TARBALL="node-v${NODE_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
-            NODE_EXPECTED_SHA="5467ee62d6af1411d46b6a10e3fb5cacc92734dbcef465fea14e7b90993001c9"
+            NODE_EXPECTED_SHA="14b342e71204f811bde6153be8e04b62aef63c236fef92b55f9c83154b409647"
             curl -sSLf -o "/tmp/${NODE_TARBALL}" "https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/${NODE_TARBALL}"
             echo "${NODE_EXPECTED_SHA}  /tmp/${NODE_TARBALL}" | sha256sum -c -
             sudo tar -xJf "/tmp/${NODE_TARBALL}" -C /usr/local --strip-components=1
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ui_build:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:20.19@sha256:35e64883e8d21bc345b0a7b04c35ee46442c127607ed1d8d7d37d8a1ed76db81
+      - image: cimg/node:24.19@sha256:8966565f07189a67d64d6808a2b127f31dafae566508e3547f55640e1070bfad
         auth:
           username: ${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME}
           password: ${DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ui_unit_tests:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:20.19@sha256:35e64883e8d21bc345b0a7b04c35ee46442c127607ed1d8d7d37d8a1ed76db81
+      - image: cimg/node:24.19@sha256:8966565f07189a67d64d6808a2b127f31dafae566508e3547f55640e1070bfad
         auth:
           username: ${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME}
           password: ${DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-ui-api-types.yml b/.github/workflows/check-ui-api-types.yml
index 9c24bad00f1a..597daebd7205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-ui-api-types.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-ui-api-types.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version-file: ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-build.yml
index 525e2c5b949a..39f4bc1428a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-build.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version-file: ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-lint.yml
index 5173eb6da35c..2c31abc66097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-lint.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changed.outputs.has_files == 'true'
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version-file: ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-unit.yml b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-unit.yml
index 5374a0059de8..20c3611eb384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-litellm-ui-unit.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@a0853c24544627f65ddf259abe73b1d18a591444 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version-file: ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a127cdabd599..1fb34f6ebf96 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:42df77a9974d6ec8b17
 ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:42df77a9974d6ec8b17a5ee8bc23b532600a44d705acef2409e0933c1251b45f
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
-ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:20.18-alpine3.20@sha256:3488b10bf958af7125a176419d2d8a9937d895bf124012aae811651988d2ffe6
+ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.database b/docker/Dockerfile.database
index 9ee076ce8256..c93a08409a2b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.database
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.database
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:42df77a9974d6ec8b17
 ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:42df77a9974d6ec8b17a5ee8bc23b532600a44d705acef2409e0933c1251b45f
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
-ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:20.18-alpine3.20@sha256:3488b10bf958af7125a176419d2d8a9937d895bf124012aae811651988d2ffe6
+ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
index 946b4de6f5e6..1545a84d379c 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.non_root
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base@sha256:42df77a9974d6ec8b
 ARG PROXY_EXTRAS_SOURCE=published
 ARG UV_IMAGE=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.11.7@sha256:240fb85ab0f263ef12f492d8476aa3a2e4e1e333f7d67fbdd923d00a506a516a
 # Pinned by digest like the other base images; bump explicitly on Node upgrades.
-ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:20.18-alpine3.20@sha256:3488b10bf958af7125a176419d2d8a9937d895bf124012aae811651988d2ffe6
+ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
 
 FROM $UV_IMAGE AS uvbin
 
diff --git a/docker/build_admin_ui.sh b/docker/build_admin_ui.sh
index 68acdd78e3e4..f84aba7c0537 100755
--- a/docker/build_admin_ui.sh
+++ b/docker/build_admin_ui.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ else
 fi || { echo "nvm checksum verification failed"; exit 1; }
 bash "$NVM_SCRIPT"
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-nvm install v18.17.0
-nvm use v18.17.0
+NODE_VERSION="$(cat ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc)"
+nvm install "v${NODE_VERSION}"
+nvm use "v${NODE_VERSION}"
 
 
 # cd in to /ui/litellm-dashboard
diff --git a/ui/Dockerfile b/ui/Dockerfile
index b75c4d0a0c63..0d184b74493c 100644
--- a/ui/Dockerfile
+++ b/ui/Dockerfile
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 # UI container — Next.js static export served by nginx.
 
-ARG NODE_VERSION=20.18-alpine3.20
+ARG UI_BUILD_IMAGE=node:24.19-alpine3.24@sha256:d32cdf619f63fe0471182d08996dd516c6275bb5fd31ae06e55a570bd9e1ad43
 ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.27-alpine
 
 # ---------- builder ----------
-FROM node:${NODE_VERSION} AS builder
+FROM ${UI_BUILD_IMAGE} AS builder
 
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 \
     npm_config_fund=false \
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/.npmrc b/ui/litellm-dashboard/.npmrc
index 7999681cc351..8865c7b3c2eb 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/.npmrc
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/.npmrc
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 ignore-scripts=true
 # Protects local npm install only — npm ci (used in CI) ignores this
 min-release-age=3
+engine-strict=true
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc b/ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
index 209e3ef4b624..60ade1ae01e8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20
+24.19.0
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui.sh b/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui.sh
index a3ab475dc58d..3cdf4305d617 100755
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui.sh
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ if ! command -v nvm &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Use nvm to set the required Node.js version
-nvm use v20
+nvm install
+nvm use
 
 # Check if nvm use was successful
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "Error: Failed to switch to Node.js v20. Deployment aborted."
+  echo "Error: Failed to switch to the Node.js version in .nvmrc. Deployment aborted."
   exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui_custom_path.sh b/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui_custom_path.sh
index a92927f8ea7b..2f9905126d6a 100755
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui_custom_path.sh
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/build_ui_custom_path.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ if ! command -v nvm &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Use nvm to set the required Node.js version
-nvm use v18.17.0
+nvm install
+nvm use
 
 # Check if nvm use was successful
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Error: Failed to switch to Node.js v18.17.0. Deployment aborted."
+    echo "Error: Failed to switch to the Node.js version in .nvmrc. Deployment aborted."
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json b/ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
index a1bd63151b4e..1cc35329dd90 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/package-lock.json
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
         "vitest": "3.2.6"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20.9.0",
-        "npm": ">=8.3.0"
+        "node": ">=24.0.0",
+        "npm": ">=11.10.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@acemir/cssom": {
@@ -2718,23 +2718,6 @@
         "win32"
       ]
     },
-    "node_modules/@playwright/test": {
-      "version": "1.58.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.58.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6LdVIUERWxQMmUSSQi0I53GgCBYgM2RpGngCPY7hSeju+VrKjq3lvs7HpJoPbDiY5QM5EYRtRX5fvrinnMAz3w==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "playwright": "1.58.1"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "playwright": "cli.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@polka/url": {
       "version": "1.0.0-next.29",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@polka/url/-/url-1.0.0-next.29.tgz",
@@ -7427,6 +7410,7 @@
       "version": "2.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
@@ -11009,40 +10993,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/playwright": {
-      "version": "1.58.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.58.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+2uTZHxSCcxjvGc5C891LrS1/NlxglGxzrC4seZiVjcYVQfUa87wBL6rTDqzGjuoWNjnBzRqKmF6zRYGMvQUaQ==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "playwright-core": "1.58.1"
-      },
-      "bin": {
-        "playwright": "cli.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "fsevents": "2.3.2"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/playwright-core": {
-      "version": "1.58.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.58.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bcWzOaTxcW+VOOGBCQgnaKToLJ65d6AqfLVKEWvexyS3AS6rbXl+xdpYRMGSRBClPvyj44njOWoxjNdL/H9UNg==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "optional": true,
-      "peer": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "playwright-core": "cli.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/pluralize": {
       "version": "8.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pluralize/-/pluralize-8.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/package.json b/ui/litellm-dashboard/package.json
index 4760b622f9bd..428027f9580e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/package.json
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "sharp": "^0.35.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20.9.0",
-    "npm": ">=8.3.0"
+    "node": ">=24.0.0",
+    "npm": ">=11.10.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/jsdomFetchEnv.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/jsdomFetchEnv.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3c0239d1085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/jsdomFetchEnv.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { builtinEnvironments, type Environment } from "vitest/environments";
+
+const env: Environment = {
+  name: "jsdom-fetch",
+  transformMode: "web",
+  async setup(global, options) {
+    const nativeAbortController = global.AbortController;
+    const nativeAbortSignal = global.AbortSignal;
+    const { teardown } = await builtinEnvironments.jsdom.setup(global, options);
+    Object.defineProperty(global, "AbortController", {
+      configurable: true,
+      writable: true,
+      value: nativeAbortController,
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(global, "AbortSignal", {
+      configurable: true,
+      writable: true,
+      value: nativeAbortSignal,
+    });
+    return { teardown };
+  },
+};
+
+export default env;
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/vitest.config.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/vitest.config.ts
index da4734eeaf2c..19af41ab8edc 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/vitest.config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const staticImageData: Plugin = {
 const config: ViteUserConfig = {
   plugins: [staticImageData],
   test: {
-    environment: "jsdom",
+    environment: "./tests/jsdomFetchEnv.ts",
     setupFiles: ["tests/setupTests.ts"],
     globals: true,
     css: true, // lets you import CSS/modules without extra mocks