diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild.yaml b/ci/cloudbuild.yaml
index 74390c14ecb..eb98aa78f78 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ options:
 substitutions:
   _BUILD_TYPE: "presubmit"
   _TEST_TYPE: "system"
-  _NODE_VERSION: "18"
+  _NODE_VERSION: "20"
   _REPO_OWNER: "googleapis"
   _REPO_NAME: "google-cloud-node"
 
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ steps:
     - 'PROJECT_ID=$PROJECT_ID'
     - 'REPO_OWNER=${_REPO_OWNER}'
     - 'REPO_NAME=${_REPO_NAME}'
-    - 'COMMIT_SHA=$COMMIT_SHA'
\ No newline at end of file
+    - 'COMMIT_SHA=$COMMIT_SHA'