# What version of Node should I use **URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/what-version-of-node-should-i-use/21656 **Category:** sage **Tags:** webpack, sage9, sage10 **Created:** 2021-11-03T11:31:14Z **Posts:** 4 ## Post 1 by @MikeFishtank — 2021-11-03T11:31:15Z When I run `yarn` after the first install of the Sage theme I always get a lot of warnings etc. I currently have: - node v12.22.6 - yarn v1.22.17 - npm v6.14.15 I just want to know whats the optimum versions to develop locally with Bedrock and Sage I should say I only use the basic install composer commands: ``` composer create-project roots/bedrock ``` and ``` composer create-project roots/sage ``` And when I run yarn I get this… ``` warning browser-sync > socket.io > debug@4.1.1: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) warning browser-sync > socket.io > engine.io > debug@4.1.1: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) warning browser-sync > socket.io > socket.io-parser > debug@4.1.1: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797) warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > webpack-hot-middleware > querystring@0.2.1: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead. warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > bs-html-injector > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > bs-html-injector > jsdom > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > bs-html-injector > request > har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > bs-html-injector > request > uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. warning browsersync-webpack-plugin > bs-html-injector > dom-compare-temp > xmldom@0.1.16: Deprecated due to CVE-2021-21366 resolved in 0.5.0 warning copy-globs-webpack-plugin > chokidar@1.7.0: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. warning copy-globs-webpack-plugin > chokidar > fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2. warning copy-globs-webpack-plugin > chokidar > readdirp > micromatch > snapdragon > source-map-resolve > resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated warning copy-globs-webpack-plugin > chokidar > readdirp > micromatch > snapdragon > source-map-resolve > urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated warning css-loader > cssnano > autoprefixer > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. warning css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. warning css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > caniuse-api > browserslist@1.7.7: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools. warning css-loader > cssnano > postcss-svgo > svgo@0.7.2: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x. warning css-loader > cssnano > postcss-minify-selectors > postcss-selector-parser > flatten@1.0.3: flatten is deprecated in favor of utility frameworks such as lodash. warning cssnano > cssnano-preset-default > postcss-svgo > svgo@1.3.2: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x. warning eslint > file-entry-cache > flat-cache > circular-json@0.3.3: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor. warning eslint-loader@4.0.2: This loader has been deprecated. Please use eslint-webpack-plugin warning extract-text-webpack-plugin@3.0.2: Deprecated. Please use https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin warning imagemin-mozjpeg > mozjpeg > bin-build > tempfile > uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. warning imagemin-webpack-plugin > imagemin-svgo > svgo@1.3.2: This SVGO version is no longer supported. Upgrade to v2.x.x. warning imagemin-webpack-plugin > babel-runtime > core-js@2.6.12: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. warning node-sass > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 warning node-sass > node-gyp > request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 warning resolve-url-loader > rework > css > urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated warning stylelint > @stylelint/postcss-markdown@0.36.2: Use the original unforked package instead: postcss-markdown warning uglifyjs-webpack-plugin > uglify-es@3.3.9: support for ECMAScript is superseded by `uglify-js` as of v3.13.0 warning webpack > watchpack > watchpack-chokidar2 > chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. warning webpack > watchpack > watchpack-chokidar2 > chokidar > fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2. warning webpack > node-libs-browser > url > querystring@0.2.0: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead. warning webpack-dev-middleware > webpack-log > uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. [3/5] 🚚 Fetching packages... [4/5] 🔗 Linking dependencies... warning " > autoprefixer@10.4.0" has unmet peer dependency "postcss@^8.1.0". warning " > eslint-loader@4.0.2" has incorrect peer dependency "eslint@^6.0.0 || ^7.0.0". warning " > eslint-loader@4.0.2" has incorrect peer dependency "webpack@^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0". warning " > file-loader@6.2.0" has incorrect peer dependency "webpack@^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0". warning " > postcss-loader@4.3.0" has incorrect peer dependency "webpack@^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0". warning " > postcss-loader@4.3.0" has unmet peer dependency "postcss@^7.0.0 || ^8.0.1". warning " > sass-loader@6.0.7" has incorrect peer dependency "node-sass@^4.0.0". warning " > stylelint-webpack-plugin@0.10.5" has incorrect peer dependency "stylelint@^8.0.0". warning " > stylelint-webpack-plugin@0.10.5" has incorrect peer dependency "webpack@^1.13.2 || ^2.7.0 || ^3.11.0 || ^4.4.0". warning " > url-loader@4.1.1" has incorrect peer dependency "webpack@^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0". ``` I can run `yarn start` and it all works but feel like I could be missing out on a better development process if I didn’t have all those warnings? Thoughts…? Any help would be gratefully received :slight_smile: --- ## Post 2 by @strarsis — 2021-11-03T13:35:12Z I prefer using `node` `LTS`, there are multiple major version branches. > **[Releases | Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/)** > > Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Use a node version manager like `nvm` with a `.nvmrc` file to lock the known working `node` version in. --- ## Post 3 by @MikeFishtank — 2021-11-03T13:49:04Z Will using node LTS v16 help with all those warnings? --- ## Post 4 by @ben — 2021-11-03T14:39:24Z - Sage 9.0.9: [Use old Node v8 for the best compatibility](https://github.com/roots/sage/blob/9.0.9/package.json#L36-L38) - `nvm install 8` - Sage 9.0.10: This version of Sage 9 has better compatibility with newer Node versions - Sage 10.0.0-beta.1: Node v12+ - Sage 10.0.0-beta.2 (unreleased): This upcoming version that [replaces Laravel Mix with Bud](https://github.com/roots/sage/pull/2643) will require Node v16+