diff --git a/ct/karakeep.sh b/ct/karakeep.sh
index 04fde8a4e..df3e63f91 100644
--- a/ct/karakeep.sh
+++ b/ct/karakeep.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ EOF
     sed -i "s/^SERVER_VERSION=.*$/SERVER_VERSION=${CHECK_UPDATE_RELEASE#v}/" /etc/karakeep/karakeep.env
     # Node 24.19.x crashes better-sqlite3 on cleanup (karakeep-app/karakeep#2989); stay on 22 LTS until upstream reverts.
     MODULE_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/karakeep/package.json)"
-    NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="corepack,pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
+    NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="corepack,pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
     setup_meilisearch
 
     msg_info "Updating Karakeep"
diff --git a/install/karakeep-install.sh b/install/karakeep-install.sh
index 6148c4349..aaa4483e9 100644
--- a/install/karakeep-install.sh
+++ b/install/karakeep-install.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "karakeep" "karakeep-app/karakeep" "tarball"
 cd /opt/karakeep
 # Node 24.19.x crashes better-sqlite3 on cleanup (karakeep-app/karakeep#2989); stay on 22 LTS until upstream reverts.
 MODULE_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/karakeep/package.json)"
-NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${MODULE_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
 
 msg_info "Installing external JavaScript Extension for yt-dlp"
 $STD pip install -U yt-dlp-ejs --break-system-packages