diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e51288218..9a2484f77 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ http_archive(
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "node_repositories", "yarn_install")
 
 node_repositories(
-    use_nvmrc = "//:.nvmrc",
+    node_version = "16.10.0",
 )
 
 yarn_install(