diff --git a/docs/DEV-SETUP-DEBIAN.md b/docs/DEV-SETUP-DEBIAN.md
index 88a124708c..9edd8286cb 100644
--- a/docs/DEV-SETUP-DEBIAN.md
+++ b/docs/DEV-SETUP-DEBIAN.md
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 ## Dev Environment on Debian 11
 
-### Install Node
+### Install NVM & Node 14
+NVM documentation: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating
 
-Budibase requires a recent version of node (14+):
+Install NVM
 ```
-curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash -
-apt -y install nodejs
-node -v
+curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash
+```
+Install Node 14
+```
+nvm install 14
 ```
 
 ### Install npm requirements
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ This setup process was tested on Debian 11 (bullseye) with version numbers show
 
 - Docker: 20.10.5
 - Docker-Compose: 1.29.2
-- Node: v16.15.1
+- Node: v14.20.1
 - Yarn: 1.22.19
 - Lerna: 5.1.4
 
diff --git a/docs/DEV-SETUP-MACOSX.md b/docs/DEV-SETUP-MACOSX.md
index c5990e58da..d9e2dcad6a 100644
--- a/docs/DEV-SETUP-MACOSX.md
+++ b/docs/DEV-SETUP-MACOSX.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ through brew.
 
 ### Install Node
 
-Budibase requires a recent version of node (14+):
+Budibase requires a recent version of node 14:
 ```
 brew install node npm
 node -v
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ This setup process was tested on Mac OSX 12 (Monterey) with version numbers show
 
 - Docker: 20.10.14
 - Docker-Compose: 2.6.0
-- Node: 18.3.0
+- Node: 14.20.1
 - Yarn: 1.22.19
 - Lerna: 5.1.4
 
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ The dev version will be available on port 10000 i.e.
 http://127.0.0.1:10000/builder/admin
 
 | **NOTE**: If you are working on a M1 Apple Silicon, you will need to uncomment `# platform: linux/amd64` line in
-[hosting/docker-compose-dev.yaml](../hosting/docker-compose.dev.yaml)
\ No newline at end of file
+[hosting/docker-compose-dev.yaml](../hosting/docker-compose.dev.yaml)
+
+### Troubleshooting
+If there are errors with the `yarn setup` command, you can try installing nvm and node 14. This is the same as the instructions for Debian 11. 
diff --git a/docs/DEV-SETUP-WINDOWS.md b/docs/DEV-SETUP-WINDOWS.md
index 1f7d23ac5e..c5608b7567 100644
--- a/docs/DEV-SETUP-WINDOWS.md
+++ b/docs/DEV-SETUP-WINDOWS.md
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/
 
 You should follow the next steps from within the Ubuntu terminal.
 
-### Install NVM & Node 16
+### Install NVM & Node 14
 NVM documentation: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating
 
 Install NVM
 ```
 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash
 ```
-Install Node 16
+Install Node 14
 ```
-nvm install 16
+nvm install 14
 ```
 
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This setup process was tested on Windows 11 with version numbers show below. You
 
 - Docker: 20.10.7
 - Docker-Compose: 2.10.2
-- Node: v16.17.1
+- Node: v14.20.1
 - Yarn: 1.22.19
 - Lerna: 5.5.4