diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_command.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_command.sh
index 744021a0b3a..ffaac1b0f88 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_command.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_command.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export GCE_ACCOUNT
 GITHUB_TOKEN=$(retry 5 vault read -field=github_token $GITHUB_ACCOUNT)
 export GITHUB_TOKEN
 
+DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE=docker.elastic.co/eui/ci:6.1
+export DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE
+
 GCE_IMAGE=google/cloud-sdk:slim
 export GCE_IMAGE
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pipeline_test.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pipeline_test.sh
index 660ae060caf..655c0f0d1f4 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pipeline_test.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/pipeline_test.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ DOCKER_OPTIONS=(
   --user="$(id -u):$(id -g)"
   --volume="$(pwd):/app"
   --workdir=/app
-  docker.elastic.co/eui/ci:6.0
+  "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE"
 )
 
 case $TEST_TYPE in
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index f3f52b42d3d..d5a159609d0 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20.9.0
+20.10.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd79f8a4e63..940b8a603d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "main": "lib",
   "module": "es",
   "types": "eui.d.ts",
-  "docker_image": "20.9.0",
+  "docker_image": "20.10.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": "16.x || 18.x || >=20.x"
   },
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "start": "cross-env BABEL_MODULES=false webpack serve --config=src-docs/webpack.config.js",
-    "test-docker": "node ./scripts/test-docker.js",
-    "test-a11y-docker": "node ./scripts/test-a11y-docker.js",
     "build-docs": "cross-env BABEL_MODULES=false cross-env NODE_ENV=production NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=4096 webpack --config=src-docs/webpack.config.js",
     "build": "yarn extract-i18n-strings && node ./scripts/compile-clean.js && node ./scripts/compile-eui.js && yarn compile-scss",
     "build-pack": "yarn build && npm pack",
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/build_docs b/scripts/deploy/build_docs
index c15dd68305f..340f7e329e9 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/build_docs
+++ b/scripts/deploy/build_docs
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
-NODE_IMG="docker.elastic.co/eui/ci:6.0"
-
-# Compile using node image
-echo "Building docs using ${NODE_IMG} Docker image"
-docker pull $NODE_IMG
+# Compile using base image from pre_command.sh
+echo "Building docs using ${DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE} Docker image"
+docker pull "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE"
 docker run \
     --rm -i \
     --env HOME=/tmp \
     --"user=$(id -u)":"$(id -g)" \
     --volume "$PWD":/app \
     --workdir /app \
-    $NODE_IMG \
+    "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE" \
     bash -c 'yarn && yarn build && yarn build-docs && yarn build-storybook'
diff --git a/scripts/docker-ci/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker-ci/Dockerfile
index 9b9dbd165b3..93ce186bbd0 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker-ci/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://github.com/zenato/docker-puppeteer/blob/master/Dockerfile
 
 # >=12.0 required (for cypress). v18 is LTS.
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 node:20.9.0-slim
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 node:20.10.0-slim
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]