diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile.base b/ci/Dockerfile.base
index df3c8969d..db53b6667 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile.base
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # docker run --rm -it --name juno -v /workspace/juno:/juno -v /workspace/temp/juno/:/tmp juno-base:latest /bin/bash 
 # docker run --rm -it --name juno -v /workspace/juno:/juno -v /workspace/temp/juno/:/tmp keppel.eu-de-1.cloud.sap/ccloud/juno-v3-base:latest /bin/bash
 
-FROM keppel.eu-de-1.cloud.sap/ccloud-dockerhub-mirror/library/node:18-alpine
+FROM keppel.eu-de-1.cloud.sap/ccloud-dockerhub-mirror/library/node:20-alpine
 
 LABEL source_repository="https://github.com/sapcc/juno"
 
diff --git a/ci/pipeline.yaml.erb b/ci/pipeline.yaml.erb
index 100eb0007..e33c43b66 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline.yaml.erb
+++ b/ci/pipeline.yaml.erb
@@ -313,10 +313,9 @@ jobs:
               - |
                 set -e 
                 ls -la
-                cd ./latest/<%=details[:type]%>s/<%=name%>
-                echo "update node modules -> npm install"
-                npm install 
-                cd ../../
+                cd ./latest 
+                npm ci --only=production
+                cd ../
                 echo ""
                 /juno/ci/scripts/asset_build.sh --asset-name <%= name %> --asset-type <%= details[:type] %> --output-path ../build_result <% if details[:type] == "lib" %> --last-build-path ../last_build <% end %>
       - task: sync