diff --git a/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/medium.ts b/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/medium.ts
index 1713b1bfb45b4..4f9a4e3a8dd8b 100644
--- a/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/medium.ts
+++ b/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/medium.ts
@@ -25189,7 +25189,7 @@ export const mediumGraph: ProjectGraphCache = {
       type: 'npm',
       name: 'npm:@types/node',
       data: {
-        version: '~8.9.4',
+        version: '14.14.33',
         packageName: '@types/node',
         files: [],
       },
diff --git a/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/small.ts b/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/small.ts
index 7909a79c33e4f..0bbbe6fffd847 100644
--- a/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/small.ts
+++ b/apps/dep-graph-client/src/graphs/small.ts
@@ -9513,7 +9513,7 @@ export const smallGraph: ProjectGraphCache = {
       type: 'npm',
       name: 'npm:@types/node',
       data: {
-        version: '12.12.38',
+        version: '14.14.33',
         packageName: '@types/node',
         files: [],
       },
diff --git a/e2e/utils/index.ts b/e2e/utils/index.ts
index f3cb915098769..aac57cc48408a 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/index.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/index.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export function createFile(f: string, content: string = ''): void {
 
 export function updateFile(
   f: string,
-  content: string | ((content: string) => void)
+  content: string | ((content: string) => string)
 ): void {
   ensureDirSync(path.dirname(tmpProjPath(f)));
   if (typeof content === 'string') {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 190e559c5ef58..ad9cadde954bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
     "@types/jest": "26.0.8",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.165",
-    "@types/node": "12.12.38",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.33",
     "@types/prettier": "2.0.0",
     "@types/react": "16.9.17",
     "@types/react-dom": "16.9.4",
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-plugin/bin/create-nx-plugin.ts b/packages/create-nx-plugin/bin/create-nx-plugin.ts
index d2ce0b65423ee..2282d3795f6b3 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-plugin/bin/create-nx-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/create-nx-plugin/bin/create-nx-plugin.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 // we can't import from '@nrwl/workspace' because it will require typescript
-import { output } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/output';
 import { getPackageManagerCommand } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/package-manager';
-import { dirSync } from 'tmp';
-import { writeFileSync, readFileSync, removeSync } from 'fs-extra';
-import * as path from 'path';
+import { output } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/output';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { readFileSync, removeSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import * as inquirer from 'inquirer';
-import yargsParser = require('yargs-parser');
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { dirSync } from 'tmp';
 import { showNxWarning } from './shared';
+import yargsParser = require('yargs-parser');
 
 const tsVersion = 'TYPESCRIPT_VERSION';
 const cliVersion = 'NX_VERSION';
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function createNxPlugin(workspaceName, pluginName, packageManager) {
 function updateWorkspace(workspaceName: string) {
   const nxJsonPath = path.join(workspaceName, 'nx.json');
 
-  const nxJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(nxJsonPath).toString('UTF-8'));
+  const nxJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(nxJsonPath).toString('utf-8'));
 
   nxJson['workspaceLayout'] = {
     appsDir: 'e2e',
@@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ function showHelp() {
 
   Create a new Nx workspace
 
-  Args: 
+  Args:
 
     name           workspace name (e.g., org name)
 
   Options:
 
-    pluginName     the name of the plugin to be created  
+    pluginName     the name of the plugin to be created
 `);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/executors/server/server.impl.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/executors/server/server.impl.ts
index 4a10718c8f169..8a30230377e26 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/executors/server/server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/executors/server/server.impl.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ import {
   parseTargetString,
   readTargetOptions,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-
 import { ChildProcess, fork } from 'child_process';
 import { join } from 'path';
-
-import { GatsbyPluginBuilderSchema } from './schema';
 import { runGatsbyBuild } from '../build/build.impl';
 import { GatsbyPluginBuilderSchema as BuildBuilderSchema } from '../build/schema';
+import { GatsbyPluginBuilderSchema } from './schema';
 
 export default async function* serverExecutor(
   options: GatsbyPluginBuilderSchema,
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ async function runGatsbyDevelop(workspaceRoot, projectRoot, options) {
       }
     );
 
-    childProcess.on('message', ({ action }) => {
+    childProcess.on('message', ({ action }: any) => {
       if (
         action?.type === 'ACTIVITY_END' &&
         action?.payload?.status === 'SUCCESS' &&
diff --git a/packages/workspace/migrations.json b/packages/workspace/migrations.json
index b8ba102d17785..2edc2a73e0699 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/migrations.json
+++ b/packages/workspace/migrations.json
@@ -869,6 +869,10 @@
         "dotenv": {
           "version": "8.2.0",
           "alwaysAddToPackageJson": false
+        },
+        "@types/node": {
+          "version": "14.14.33",
+          "alwaysAddToPackageJson": false
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/file-utils.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/file-utils.ts
index 0bb7f3a2ad33a..5624c767b41ca 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/file-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/file-utils.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+import { toOldFormatOrNull, Workspaces } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { extname, join } from 'path';
+import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import { NxArgs } from '../command-line/utils';
 import { WorkspaceResults } from '../command-line/workspace-results';
 import { appRootPath } from '../utilities/app-root';
 import { fileExists, readJsonFile } from '../utilities/fileutils';
 import { jsonDiff } from '../utilities/json-diff';
+import { defaultFileHasher } from './hasher/file-hasher';
 import { ProjectGraphNode } from './project-graph';
 import { Environment, NxJson } from './shared-interfaces';
-import { defaultFileHasher } from './hasher/file-hasher';
-import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import { toOldFormatOrNull, Workspaces } from '@nrwl/tao/src/shared/workspace';
 
 const ignore = require('ignore');
 
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ function getIgnoredGlobs() {
 }
 
 function readFileIfExisting(path: string) {
-  return fs.existsSync(path) ? fs.readFileSync(path, 'UTF-8').toString() : '';
+  return fs.existsSync(path)
+    ? fs.readFileSync(path, { encoding: 'utf-8' }).toString()
+    : '';
 }
 
 export function readWorkspaceJson(): any {
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ export function workspaceFileName() {
 export type FileRead = (s: string) => string;
 
 export function defaultFileRead(filePath: string): string | null {
-  return readFileSync(join(appRootPath, filePath), 'UTF-8');
+  return readFileSync(join(appRootPath, filePath), { encoding: 'utf-8' });
 }
 
 export function readPackageJson(): any {
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/__snapshots__/new.spec.ts.snap b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/__snapshots__/new.spec.ts.snap
index e8273591f6924..8a4df491f2a87 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/__snapshots__/new.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/__snapshots__/new.spec.ts.snap
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Object {
     "@nrwl/cli": "*",
     "@nrwl/tao": "*",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "*",
-    "@types/node": "12.12.38",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.33",
     "dotenv": "8.2.0",
     "prettier": "2.2.1",
     "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Object {
     "@nrwl/cli": "*",
     "@nrwl/tao": "*",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "*",
-    "@types/node": "12.12.38",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.33",
     "dotenv": "8.2.0",
     "prettier": "2.2.1",
     "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Object {
     "@nrwl/react": "*",
     "@nrwl/tao": "*",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "*",
-    "@types/node": "12.12.38",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.33",
     "dotenv": "8.2.0",
     "prettier": "2.2.1",
     "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/workspace/files/package.json__tmpl__ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/workspace/files/package.json__tmpl__
index e73de72195415..cf7cb76d8dc7b 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/workspace/files/package.json__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/workspace/files/package.json__tmpl__
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "@nrwl/tao": "<%= nxVersion %>",
     "@nrwl/cli": "<%= nxVersion %>",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "<%= nxVersion %>",
-    "@types/node": "12.12.38",
+    "@types/node": "14.14.33",
     "dotenv": "8.2.0",
     "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
     "typescript": "<%= typescriptVersion %>",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9971fd1d42216..355213e222691 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4605,10 +4605,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.0.20.tgz#0da05cddbc761e1fa98af88a17244c8c1ff37231"
   integrity sha512-MRn/NP3dee8yL5QhbSA6riuwkS+UOcsPUMOIOG3KMUQpuor/2TopdRBu8QaaB4fGU+gz/bzyDWt0FtUbeJ8H1A==
 
-"@types/node@12.12.38":
-  version "12.12.38"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.12.38.tgz#58841a382f231ad005dbb935c36d44aa1118a26b"
-  integrity sha512-75eLjX0pFuTcUXnnWmALMzzkYorjND0ezNEycaKesbUBg9eGZp4GHPuDmkRc4mQQvIpe29zrzATNRA6hkYqwmA==
+"@types/node@14.14.33":
+  version "14.14.33"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.14.33.tgz#9e4f8c64345522e4e8ce77b334a8aaa64e2b6c78"
+  integrity sha512-oJqcTrgPUF29oUP8AsUqbXGJNuPutsetaa9kTQAQce5Lx5dTYWV02ScBiT/k1BX/Z7pKeqedmvp39Wu4zR7N7g==
 
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"