diff --git a/templates/tools/dockerfile/node_deps.include b/templates/tools/dockerfile/node_deps.include
index 7855fbfee366c5871c7b9ce63ac430e4fb606201..d0d1b6b49a2998e1082dbf6ea02c8e670c087c83 100644
--- a/templates/tools/dockerfile/node_deps.include
+++ b/templates/tools/dockerfile/node_deps.include
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
 # Install all versions of node that we want to test
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 6 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 8"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
index b8e584af7a714e677d87695a345de1c83429025b..8d8bac6e8e06910a7aefbbce0e566ab261d919e4 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0 six==1.10.0
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
 # Install all versions of node that we want to test
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 6 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 8"
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/multilang_jessie_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/multilang_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
index 2d22bb567bfd39c2396ffa5e04f3879293bfda03..07fc906aacca6f96f63ecdd99033368800980430 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/multilang_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/multilang_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libgflags-dev libgtest-dev libc++-dev c
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
 # Install all versions of node that we want to test
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 6 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 8"
 #=================
 # PHP dependencies
 
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/test/node_jessie_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/test/node_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
index f6ea639f6cd86f3cc0a0e8db0c80b3620bb4dda9..868f1f796c0114fb98dc43e9fbb174437f0544f7 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/test/node_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/test/node_jessie_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0 six==1.10.0
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
 # Install all versions of node that we want to test
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 0.12 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 5 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 4"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 6 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm config set cache /tmp/npm-cache"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm alias default 8"
 # Prepare ccache
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/gcc
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/local/bin/g++
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_node.sh
index 9d390831b850bc1ed040062d8758f32aa90c1029..581df721aedcd365d29594b812683d379af67052 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_artifact_node.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 NODE_TARGET_ARCH=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
 
-nvm use 4
+nvm use 8
 set -ex
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../..
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_package_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_package_node.sh
index 69cea3d1373fc4c850098f57ebd1a9e21c2bf887..2860f68bc44869e71895271c837b974de65163f9 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_package_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/artifacts/build_package_node.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
 
-nvm use 4
+nvm use 8
 set -ex
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../..
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node_electron.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node_electron.sh
index 5835235970d59301d8a2b39409ade14669ca9a95..ebcdceb0bf9eaa650ce3c9cb21b2630b604d82d7 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node_electron.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_node_electron.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ELECTRON_VERSION=$1
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
 
-nvm use 6
+nvm use 8
 set -ex
 
 # change to grpc repo root
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/pre_build_node_electron.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/pre_build_node_electron.sh
index d42d70d2140d82cadbb979ce35c58120917f00ac..29394d294f6a8dadd5543bc4f3ae86deca250f0d 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/pre_build_node_electron.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/pre_build_node_electron.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ELECTRON_VERSION=$1
 
-nvm install 6
+nvm install 8
 set -ex
 
 npm install xvfb-maybe
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/run_node_electron.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/run_node_electron.sh
index 37d3fa04591204f52c2911d70c3111861d6a4b77..7d436b02cb50194c515427f49b864d452cba0105 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/run_node_electron.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/run_node_electron.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
 
-nvm use 6
+nvm use 8
 set -ex
 
 # change to grpc repo root
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/performance/run_worker_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/performance/run_worker_node.sh
index 16c473ffda079262d8c8a13652244c92654c082e..1286c831fb0480abd6c7b346d70dfacbb93c3bf5 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/performance/run_worker_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/performance/run_worker_node.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
-nvm use 7
+nvm use 8
 
 set -ex