diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/composition.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/composition.nix
index 2992bf22cb3..c1eafe304a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/composition.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/composition.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {
     inherit system;
-  }, system ? builtins.currentSystem, nodejs ? pkgs."nodejs-12_x"}:
+  }, system ? builtins.currentSystem, nodejs ? pkgs."nodejs-14_x"}:
 
 let
   nodeEnv = import ./node-env.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/default.nix
index 9e352794881..f2b02ebdec4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrix-recorder/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir "$out/bin"
     echo '#!/bin/sh' >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder"
-    echo "'${pkgs.nodejs-12_x}/bin/node'" \
+    echo "'${pkgs.nodejs-14_x}/bin/node'" \
          "'$out/lib/node_modules/matrix-recorder/matrix-recorder.js'" \
          '"$@"' >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder"
     echo '#!/bin/sh' >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder-to-html"
     echo 'cd "$1"' >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder-to-html"
     echo "test -d templates/ || ln -sfT '$out/lib/node_modules/matrix-recorder/templates' templates" >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder-to-html"
-    echo "'${pkgs.nodejs-12_x}/bin/node'" \
+    echo "'${pkgs.nodejs-14_x}/bin/node'" \
          "'$out/lib/node_modules/matrix-recorder/recorder-to-html.js'" \
          '.' >> "$out/bin/matrix-recorder-to-html"
     chmod a+x "$out/bin/matrix-recorder"