diff --git a/.ci/end2end.groovy b/.ci/end2end.groovy
index 8ddded4f5ef2b..8ad810717d86e 100644
--- a/.ci/end2end.groovy
+++ b/.ci/end2end.groovy
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pipeline {
         dir("${BASE_DIR}"){
           sh '''
             jobs -l
-            docker build --tag cypress ${CYPRESS_DIR}/ci
+            docker build --tag cypress --build-arg NODE_VERSION=$(cat .node-version) ${CYPRESS_DIR}/ci
             docker run --rm -t --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
                     -v `pwd`:/app --network="host" \
                     --name cypress cypress'''
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/Dockerfile b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/Dockerfile
index 1f0a867b4225b..2bcc5a5fd843a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/e2e/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM node:10.19.0
+ARG NODE_VERSION
+FROM node:$NODE_VERSION
 
 RUN apt-get -qq update \
   && apt-get -y -qq install xvfb \