# Node\.js v20 LTS is now generally available

**Published:** March 25, 2024 | **Authors:** Felix Haus, Janos Szathmary, Sean Massa, Nathan Rajlich, Andrew Healey , Gargi Sharma, Guðmundur Bjarni Ólafsson

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Node.js 20 is now fully supported for [Builds](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/builds) and [Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/serverless-functions). You can select `20.x` in the Node.js Version section on the General page in the Project Settings. **The default version for new projects is now Node.js 20**.

Node.js 20 offers improved performance and introduces new core APIs to reduce the dependency on third-party libraries in your project.

The exact version used by Vercel is [20.11.1 ](https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v20.11.1)and will automatically update minor and patch releases. Therefore, only the major version (`20.x`) is guaranteed.

[Read the documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/serverless-functions/runtimes/node-js) for more.

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