diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
index 5cba123c5ba06..3c4263482a304 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - GCC has been updated from GCC 14 to GCC 15.
   This introduces some backwards incompatible changes; Refer to the [upstream porting guide](https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-15/porting_to.html) for details.
 
+- Node.js default version has been updated from 22 LTS to 24 LTS.
+  This introduces some breaking changes; Refer to the [upstream migration article](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/migrations/v22-to-v24) for details.
+
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-nixpkgs-release-26.05-incompatibilities}
 
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diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 40ade79b8bca8..68d6b7f13bb8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3100,8 +3100,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nixnote2 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/nixnote2 { };
 
-  nodejs = nodejs_22;
-  nodejs-slim = nodejs-slim_22;
+  nodejs = nodejs_24;
+  nodejs-slim = nodejs-slim_24;
 
   nodejs_20 = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v20.nix { };
   nodejs-slim_20 = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v20.nix { enableNpm = false; };