diff --git a/ct/papra.sh b/ct/papra.sh
index 4a5dc477d..28a22579a 100644
--- a/ct/papra.sh
+++ b/ct/papra.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ function update_script() {
 
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "papra" "papra-hq/papra" "tarball"
 
+    pnpm_version=$(grep -oP '"packageManager":\s*"pnpm@\K[^"]+' /opt/papra/package.json)
+    NODE_VERSION="26" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@$pnpm_version" setup_nodejs
+
     msg_info "Building Application"
     cd /opt/papra
     if [[ -f /opt/papra_env.bak ]]; then
diff --git a/install/papra-install.sh b/install/papra-install.sh
index 71c225def..95249a9a8 100644
--- a/install/papra-install.sh
+++ b/install/papra-install.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/papra-hq/papra/releases | grep
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "papra" "papra-hq/papra" "tarball" "${RELEASE}" "/opt/papra"
 
 pnpm_version=$(grep -oP '"packageManager":\s*"pnpm@\K[^"]+' /opt/papra/package.json)
-NODE_VERSION="24" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@$pnpm_version" setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="26" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@$pnpm_version" setup_nodejs
 
 msg_info "Installing Papra (Patience)"
 cd /opt/papra