diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2a8d88efe0b..4c44a7dc09f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,42 +37,42 @@
   },
   "author": "opensearch-project",
   "scripts": {
-    "preinstall": "node ./preinstall_check",
-    "osd": "node scripts/osd",
-    "opensearch": "node scripts/opensearch",
+    "preinstall": "scripts/use_node ./preinstall_check",
+    "osd": "scripts/use_node scripts/osd",
+    "opensearch": "scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch",
     "test": "grunt test",
     "test:bwc": "./scripts/bwctest_osd.sh",
-    "test:jest": "node scripts/jest",
-    "test:jest:coverage": "node scripts/jest --coverage",
-    "test:jest:ci": "node scripts/jest --ci --colors --runInBand",
-    "test:jest:ci:coverage": "node scripts/jest --ci --colors --runInBand --coverage",
-    "test:jest_integration": "node scripts/jest_integration",
-    "test:jest_integration:ci": "node scripts/jest_integration --ci --colors --max-old-space-size=5120",
-    "test:mocha": "node scripts/mocha",
-    "test:mocha:coverage": "yarn nyc --reporter=text-summary --reporter=lcov --report-dir=./target/opensearch-dashboards-coverage/mocha node scripts/mocha",
-    "test:ftr": "node scripts/functional_tests",
-    "test:ftr:server": "node scripts/functional_tests_server",
-    "test:ftr:runner": "node scripts/functional_test_runner",
-    "checkLicenses": "node scripts/check_licenses --dev",
-    "notice:validate": "node scripts/notice --validate",
-    "notice:generate": "node scripts/notice",
-    "build-platform": "node scripts/build",
-    "build": "node scripts/build --all-platforms",
-    "start": "node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
-    "start:docker": "node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev --opensearch.hosts=$OPENSEARCH_HOSTS --opensearch.ignoreVersionMismatch=true --server.host=$SERVER_HOST",
-    "debug": "node --nolazy --inspect scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
-    "debug-break": "node --nolazy --inspect-brk scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
+    "test:jest": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest",
+    "test:jest:coverage": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest --coverage",
+    "test:jest:ci": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest --ci --colors --runInBand",
+    "test:jest:ci:coverage": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest --ci --colors --runInBand --coverage",
+    "test:jest_integration": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest_integration",
+    "test:jest_integration:ci": "scripts/use_node scripts/jest_integration --ci --colors --max-old-space-size=5120",
+    "test:mocha": "scripts/use_node scripts/mocha",
+    "test:mocha:coverage": "yarn nyc --reporter=text-summary --reporter=lcov --report-dir=./target/opensearch-dashboards-coverage/mocha scripts/use_node scripts/mocha",
+    "test:ftr": "scripts/use_node scripts/functional_tests",
+    "test:ftr:server": "scripts/use_node scripts/functional_tests_server",
+    "test:ftr:runner": "scripts/use_node scripts/functional_test_runner",
+    "checkLicenses": "scripts/use_node scripts/check_licenses --dev",
+    "notice:validate": "scripts/use_node scripts/notice --validate",
+    "notice:generate": "scripts/use_node scripts/notice",
+    "build-platform": "scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "build": "scripts/use_node scripts/build --all-platforms",
+    "start": "scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
+    "start:docker": "scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev --opensearch.hosts=$OPENSEARCH_HOSTS --opensearch.ignoreVersionMismatch=true --server.host=$SERVER_HOST",
+    "debug": "scripts/use_node --nolazy --inspect scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
+    "debug-break": "scripts/use_node --nolazy --inspect-brk scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev",
     "lint": "yarn run lint:es && yarn run lint:style",
-    "lint:es": "node scripts/eslint",
-    "lint:style": "node scripts/stylelint",
-    "makelogs": "node scripts/makelogs",
+    "lint:es": "scripts/use_node scripts/eslint",
+    "lint:style": "scripts/use_node scripts/stylelint",
+    "makelogs": "scripts/use_node scripts/makelogs",
     "uiFramework:compileCss": "cd packages/osd-ui-framework && yarn compileCss",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev --logging.json=false",
-    "build:types": "node scripts/remove.js ./target/types && tsc --p tsconfig.types.json",
-    "docs:acceptApiChanges": "node --max-old-space-size=6144 scripts/check_published_api_changes.js --accept",
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build_ts_refs && node scripts/register_git_hook",
-    "spec_to_console": "node scripts/spec_to_console",
-    "pkg-version": "node -e \"console.log(require('./package.json').version)\""
+    "osd:watch": "scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch_dashboards --dev --logging.json=false",
+    "build:types": "scripts/use_node scripts/remove.js ./target/types && tsc --p tsconfig.types.json",
+    "docs:acceptApiChanges": "scripts/use_node --max-old-space-size=6144 scripts/check_published_api_changes.js --accept",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "scripts/use_node scripts/build_ts_refs && scripts/use_node scripts/register_git_hook",
+    "spec_to_console": "scripts/use_node scripts/spec_to_console",
+    "pkg-version": "scripts/use_node -e \"console.log(require('./package.json').version)\""
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/osd-ace/package.json b/packages/osd-ace/package.json
index 5a2f3141ddd5..a93467058179 100644
--- a/packages/osd-ace/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-ace/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "./target/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node ./scripts/build.js",
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node ./scripts/build.js",
     "osd:bootstrap": "yarn build --dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/osd-analytics/package.json b/packages/osd-analytics/package.json
index d460ab335a2d..954f6cc51ba4 100644
--- a/packages/osd-analytics/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-analytics/package.json
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   "author": "Ahmad Bamieh <ahmadbamieh@gmail.com>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build --source-maps",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --source-maps --watch"
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --source-maps",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --source-maps --watch"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.16.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/script_source.ts b/packages/osd-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/script_source.ts
index 64915df17d9f..3adfacf238de 100644
--- a/packages/osd-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/script_source.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-dev-utils/src/precommit_hook/script_source.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 trap "exit 130" INT
 
 has_node() {
-  command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1
+  command -v scripts/use_node >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 has_nvm() {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ has_node || {
 }
 
 execute_precommit_hook() {
-  node scripts/precommit_hook || return 1
+  scripts/use_node scripts/precommit_hook || return 1
 
   PRECOMMIT_FILE="./.git/hooks/pre-commit.local"
   if [ -x "\${PRECOMMIT_FILE}" ]; then
diff --git a/packages/osd-i18n/package.json b/packages/osd-i18n/package.json
index 98b3f9bbde1d..94a5e0ff1aa9 100644
--- a/packages/osd-i18n/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-i18n/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build --source-maps",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --watch --source-maps"
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --source-maps",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --watch --source-maps"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.16.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-interpreter/package.json b/packages/osd-interpreter/package.json
index 4654b73b186e..77ec29c839dd 100644
--- a/packages/osd-interpreter/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-interpreter/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
     "interpreter:peg": "pegjs src/common/lib/grammar.peg",
-    "build": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build --dev",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --dev --watch"
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --dev",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --dev --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.16.5",
diff --git a/packages/osd-monaco/package.json b/packages/osd-monaco/package.json
index e937b1e8f60b..a3f973d11fd0 100644
--- a/packages/osd-monaco/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-monaco/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "./target/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node ./scripts/build.js",
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node ./scripts/build.js",
     "osd:bootstrap": "yarn build --dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/osd-opensearch-archiver/package.json b/packages/osd-opensearch-archiver/package.json
index f130ae44138a..8f88fa879525 100644
--- a/packages/osd-opensearch-archiver/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-opensearch-archiver/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     "devOnly": true
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc",
-    "osd:watch": "node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc --watch"
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@osd/dev-utils": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-opensearch/package.json b/packages/osd-opensearch/package.json
index 88a6733757a6..89e24f46dc43 100644
--- a/packages/osd-opensearch/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-opensearch/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     "devOnly": true
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --watch"
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@opensearch-project/opensearch": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
index 66028c53875f..bab54de44149 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "main": "target/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --watch"
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/template/package.json.ejs b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/template/package.json.ejs
index 649fe19073c8..e49a20bbd8b2 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/template/package.json.ejs
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/template/package.json.ejs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
   "build": "yarn plugin-helpers build",
-  "plugin-helpers": "node ../../scripts/plugin_helpers",
-  "osd": "node ../../scripts/osd"
+  "plugin-helpers": "../../scripts/use_node ../../scripts/plugin_helpers",
+  "osd": "../../scripts/use_node ../../scripts/osd"
+  }
   }
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
index 7ee45578a63b..595065322aec 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "plugin-helpers": "bin/plugin-helpers.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node ../../scripts/remove.js target && tsc",
     "osd:watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/package.json b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/package.json
index 3df0f549e67a..2b9371401063 100644
--- a/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-ui-shared-deps/package.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node scripts/build",
-    "osd:bootstrap": "node scripts/build --dev",
-    "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --dev --watch"
+    "build": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --dev",
+    "osd:watch": "../../scripts/use_node scripts/build --dev --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@elastic/charts": "31.1.0",
diff --git a/scripts/use_node b/scripts/use_node
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..f39a39434db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/use_node
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+#
+
+# This script will find the appropriate Node.js runtime binary and execute it with any
+# parameters passed in.
+#
+# Set a variable named OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH to have it prefixed with OSD_HOME and executed
+# Example: SET OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=\src\cli\dist
+#
+# NODE_OPTIONS is built using config/node.options and overridden by any previously set NODE_OPTIONS.
+# To pass in any specific defaults that can be overridden by both of them, use OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX.
+
+SCRIPT="$0"
+
+UNAME=$(uname -s)
+if [ $UNAME = "FreeBSD" ]; then
+  OS="freebsd"
+elif [ $UNAME = "Darwin" ]; then
+  OS="darwin"
+else
+  OS="other"
+fi
+
+# SCRIPT may be an arbitrarily deep series of symlinks. Loop until we have the concrete path.
+while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
+  loc=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
+  # Drop everything prior to ->
+  link=$(expr "$loc" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
+  if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    SCRIPT="$link"
+  else
+    SCRIPT=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")/"$link"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
+OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
+CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"OSD_HOME/config"}
+
+# Places to look for the Node.js binary in order: OSD_NODE_HOME > NODE_HOME > bundled with OSD > system-wide
+if [ ! -z "$OSD_NODE_HOME" ]; then
+  NODE="$OSD_NODE_HOME/bin/node"
+  NODE_ERROR_MSG="in OSD_NODE_HOME"
+  NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+elif [ ! -z "$NODE_HOME" ]; then
+  NODE="$NODE_HOME/bin/node"
+  NODE_ERROR_MSG="in NODE_HOME"
+  NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+else
+  NODE="$OSD_HOME/node/bin/node"
+  NODE_ERROR_MSG="bundled with OpenSearch Dashboards"
+  # A bin folder at the root is only present in release builds that have a bundled Node.js binary
+  if [ -x "OSD_HOME/bin" ]; then
+    NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -x "$NODE" ]; then
+  # Node.js binary was found where it was expected; no need to show an error
+  NODE_ERROR_SHOW=
+elif [ $OS = "freebsd" ]; then
+  NODE="${LOCALBASE}/bin/node"
+else
+  NODE="$(command -v node)"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
+  # Irrespective of NODE_ERROR_SHOW, show the error
+  echo "Could not find a Node.js runtime binary $NODE_ERROR_MSG or on the system" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Node.js binary was found but not where it was told to be, so show a warning
+if [ ! -z "$NODE_ERROR_SHOW" ]; then
+  echo "Could not find a Node.js runtime binary $NODE_ERROR_MSG but found one at $NODE" >&2
+fi
+
+if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
+  OSD_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
+fi
+
+# If a file path was provided for execution, prefix with OSD_HOME; use relative paths to avoid the need for this.
+if [ ! -z "$OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${OSD_HOME}${OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH}" "${@}"
+elif [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
+  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${@}"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/use_node.bat b/scripts/use_node.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f90508f0026c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/use_node.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+@ECHO OFF
+
+::
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+::
+:: The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+:: this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+:: compatible open source license.
+::
+:: Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+:: GitHub history for details.
+::
+
+:: This script will find the appropriate Node.js runtime binary and execute it with any
+:: parameters passed in.
+::
+:: Set a variable named OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH to have it prefixed with OSD_HOME and executed
+:: Example: SET OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=\src\cli\dist
+::
+:: NODE_OPTIONS is built using config/node.options and overridden by any previously set NODE_OPTIONS.
+:: To pass in any specific defaults that can be overridden by both of them, use OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX.
+
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
+
+SET SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
+FOR %%I IN ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") DO SET OSD_HOME=%%~dpfI
+
+SET CONFIG_DIR=%OSD_PATH_CONF%
+IF NOT DEFINED OSD_PATH_CONF (
+  SET "CONFIG_DIR=%OSD_HOME%\config"
+)
+
+:: Places to look for the Node.js binary in order: OSD_NODE_HOME > NODE_HOME > bundled with OSD > system-wide
+IF DEFINED OSD_NODE_HOME (
+  SET "NODE=%OSD_NODE_HOME%\node.exe"
+  SET NODE_ERROR_MSG=in OSD_NODE_HOME
+  SET NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+  GOTO CheckNode
+)
+IF DEFINED NODE_HOME (
+  SET "NODE=%NODE_HOME%\node.exe"
+  SET NODE_ERROR_MSG=in NODE_HOME
+  SET NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+  GOTO CheckNode
+)
+
+SET NODE=%OSD_HOME%\node\node.exe
+SET NODE_ERROR_MSG=bundled with OpenSearch Dashboards
+:: A bin folder at the root is only present in release builds that have a bundled Node.js binary
+IF EXIST "%OSD_HOME%\bin" (
+  SET NODE_ERROR_SHOW=true
+)
+
+:CheckNode
+
+IF EXIST "%NODE%" (
+  :: Node.js binary was found where it was expected; no need to show an error
+  SET "NODE_ERROR_SHOW="
+) ELSE (
+  :: Try finding the system-wide Node.js binary
+  FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`where node.exe`) DO (
+   SET "NODE=%%F"
+   :: Bail out after finding the first one
+   GOTO CheckNodeAgain
+  )
+)
+
+:CheckNodeAgain
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%NODE%" (
+  :: Irrespective of NODE_ERROR_SHOW, show the error; NODE_ERROR_MSG is guaranteed to be set
+  ECHO Could not find a Node.js runtime binary %NODE_ERROR_MSG% or on the system >&2
+  EXIT /B 1
+)
+
+:: Node.js binary was found but not where it was told to be, so show a warning
+IF DEFINED NODE_ERROR_SHOW (
+  ECHO Could not find a Node.js runtime binary %NODE_ERROR_MSG% but found one at %NODE% >&2
+)
+
+IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
+  FOR /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i IN (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) DO (
+    :: This cannot accept spaces within a line of node.options
+    IF [!OSD_NODE_OPTS!] == [] (
+      SET "OSD_NODE_OPTS=%%i"
+    )	ELSE (
+      SET "OSD_NODE_OPTS=!OSD_NODE_OPTS! %%i"
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+SET "NODE_OPTIONS=%OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX% %OSD_NODE_OPTS% %NODE_OPTIONS%"
+
+:: If a file path was provided for execution, prefix with OSD_HOME; use relative paths to avoid the need for this.
+IF DEFINED OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH (
+  "%NODE%" "%OSD_HOME%%OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH%" %*
+) ELSE IF NOT "%~1" == "" (
+  "%NODE%" %*
+)
+
+ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/copy_bin_scripts_task.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/copy_bin_scripts_task.ts
index 5e9a2c546b79..cde7f4a0cc2f 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/copy_bin_scripts_task.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/copy_bin_scripts_task.ts
@@ -38,5 +38,8 @@ export const CopyBinScripts: Task = {
       config.resolveFromRepo('src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts'),
       build.resolvePath('bin')
     );
+    await copyAll(config.resolveFromRepo('scripts'), build.resolvePath('bin'), {
+      select: ['use_node*'],
+    });
   },
 };
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
index 645dc3638b4a..49c41011da7d 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 # GitHub history for details.
 #
 
-SCRIPT=$0
+SCRIPT="$0"
 
 # SCRIPT may be an arbitrarily deep series of symlinks. Loop until we have the concrete path.
 while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
-  ls=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
+  loc=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
   # Drop everything prior to ->
-  link=$(expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
+  link=$(expr "$loc" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
   if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
     SCRIPT="$link"
   else
@@ -25,22 +25,7 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
   fi
 done
 
-DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
-CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
+# Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
+OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
 
-if [ -x "${DIR}/node/bin/node" ]; then
-  NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
-else
-  NODE="$(which node)"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
-  echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
-  OSD_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
-fi
-
-NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli/dist" ${@}
+OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli/dist NODE_ENV=production ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore
index 7453ce995039..8cbf451ba4bd 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 # GitHub history for details.
 #
 
-SCRIPT=$0
+SCRIPT="$0"
 
 # SCRIPT may be an arbitrarily deep series of symlinks. Loop until we have the concrete path.
 while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
-  ls=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
+  loc=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
   # Drop everything prior to ->
-  link=$(expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
+  link=$(expr "$loc" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
   if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
     SCRIPT="$link"
   else
@@ -25,17 +25,7 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
   fi
 done
 
-DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
-CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
-NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
-test -x "$NODE"
-if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
-  echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
-  exit 1
-fi
+# Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
+OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
 
-if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
-  OSD_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
-fi
-
-NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_keystore/dist" "$@"
+OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli_keystore/dist NODE_ENV=production ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore.bat b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore.bat
index 365379a8b9bc..42c617701f54 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore.bat
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-keystore.bat
@@ -1,35 +1,20 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
-
-set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
-for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
-
-set NODE=%DIR%\node\node.exe
-
-If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
-  Echo unable to find usable node.js executable.
-  Exit /B 1
-)
+::
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+::
+:: The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+:: this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+:: compatible open source license.
+::
+:: Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+:: GitHub history for details.
+::
 
-set CONFIG_DIR=%OSD_PATH_CONF%
-If [%OSD_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
-  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
-)
-
-IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
-  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
-    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
-    )	Else (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
-    )
-  )
-)
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 TITLE OpenSearch Dashboards Keystore
-"%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli_keystore\dist" %*
-
-:finally
+SET OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=src\cli_keystore\dist
+call %~dp0\use_node.bat %*
 
-ENDLOCAL
+ENDLOCAL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
index c489d02e89b9..6af40438d13b 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 # GitHub history for details.
 #
 
-SCRIPT=$0
+SCRIPT="$0"
 
 # SCRIPT may be an arbitrarily deep series of symlinks. Loop until we have the concrete path.
 while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
-  ls=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
+  loc=$(ls -ld "$SCRIPT")
   # Drop everything prior to ->
-  link=$(expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
+  link=$(expr "$loc" : '.*-> \(.*\)$')
   if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
     SCRIPT="$link"
   else
@@ -25,17 +25,7 @@ while [ -h "$SCRIPT" ] ; do
   fi
 done
 
-DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."
-CONFIG_DIR=${OSD_PATH_CONF:-"$DIR/config"}
-NODE="${DIR}/node/bin/node"
-test -x "$NODE"
-if [ ! -x "$NODE" ]; then
-  echo "unable to find usable node.js executable."
-  exit 1
-fi
+# Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
+OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
 
-if [ -f "${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options" ]; then
-  OSD_NODE_OPTS="$(grep -v ^# < ${CONFIG_DIR}/node.options | xargs)"
-fi
-
-NODE_OPTIONS="--no-warnings $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" NODE_ENV=production exec "${NODE}" "${DIR}/src/cli_plugin/dist" "$@"
+OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli_plugin/dist NODE_ENV=production ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin.bat b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin.bat
index b9bbea2ec0ed..f6a5e1c626d7 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin.bat
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin.bat
@@ -1,39 +1,24 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
-
-set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
-for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
-
-set NODE=%DIR%\node\node.exe
-set NODE_ENV="production"
-
-If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
-  Echo unable to find usable node.js executable.
-  Exit /B 1
-)
+::
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+::
+:: The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+:: this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+:: compatible open source license.
+::
+:: Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+:: GitHub history for details.
+::
 
-set CONFIG_DIR=%OSD_PATH_CONF%
-If [%OSD_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
-  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
-)
-
-IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
-  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
-    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
-    )	Else (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
-    )
-  )
-)
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 :: Include pre-defined node option
-set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings %NODE_OPTIONS%"
-
-TITLE OpenSearch Dashboards Server
-"%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli_plugin\dist" %*
+SET "OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX=--no-warnings"
+SET NODE_ENV="production"
 
-:finally
+TITLE OpenSearch Dashboards
+SET OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=\src\cli_plugin\dist
+call %~dp0\use_node.bat %*
 
 ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards.bat b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards.bat
index 895f8923bd90..c6316e02d134 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards.bat
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards.bat
@@ -1,41 +1,24 @@
 @echo off
 
-SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
-
-set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
-for %%I in ("%SCRIPT_DIR%..") do set DIR=%%~dpfI
-
-set NODE=%DIR%\node\node.exe
-
-set NODE_ENV="production"
+::
+:: SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+::
+:: The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+:: this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+:: compatible open source license.
+::
+:: Any modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+:: GitHub history for details.
+::
 
-If Not Exist "%NODE%" (
-  Echo unable to find usable node.js executable.
-  Exit /B 1
-)
-
-set CONFIG_DIR=%OSD_PATH_CONF%
-If [%OSD_PATH_CONF%] == [] (
-  set CONFIG_DIR=%DIR%\config
-)
-
-IF EXIST "%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options" (
-  for /F "eol=# tokens=*" %%i in (%CONFIG_DIR%\node.options) do (
-    If [!NODE_OPTIONS!] == [] (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=%%i"
-    )	Else (
-      set "NODE_OPTIONS=!NODE_OPTIONS! %%i"
-    )
-  )
-)
+SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
 
 :: Include pre-defined node option
-set "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536 %NODE_OPTIONS%"
-
-:: This should run independently as the last instruction
-:: as we need NODE_OPTIONS previously set to expand
-"%NODE%" "%DIR%\src\cli\dist" %*
+SET "OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX=--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536"
+SET NODE_ENV="production"
 
-:finally
+TITLE OpenSearch Dashboards
+SET OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=\src\cli\dist
+call %~dp0\use_node.bat %*
 
 ENDLOCAL
diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
index 14548e0f0d4c..99cd2aa5e686 100755
--- a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ yarn osd bootstrap --prefer-offline
 ### Download opensearch snapshots
 ###
 echo " -- downloading opensearch snapshot"
-node scripts/opensearch snapshot --download-only;
-node scripts/opensearch snapshot --license=oss --download-only;
+scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch snapshot --download-only;
+scripts/use_node scripts/opensearch snapshot --license=oss --download-only;
 
 
 ###
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fi
 ### rebuild plugin list to ensure it's not out of date
 ###
 echo " -- building plugin list docs"
-node scripts/build_plugin_list_docs
+scripts/use_node scripts/build_plugin_list_docs
 
 ###
 ### verify no git modifications
diff --git a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh
index c20c50eeb49e..10abb3c5044d 100755
--- a/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh
+++ b/src/dev/ci_setup/setup_percy.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH
 ###
 ### Set Percy parallel build support environment vars
 ###
-eval "$(node ./src/dev/ci_setup/get_percy_env)"
+eval "$(./scripts/use_node ./src/dev/ci_setup/get_percy_env)"
 echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE='$PERCY_PARALLEL_NONCE'"
 echo " -- PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL='$PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL'"
 echo " -- PERCY_BRANCH='$PERCY_BRANCH'"
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
index 5d3a70cd7b92..fa53b76508d9 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const checkNodeVersionValidation = async (nodeVersion, requiredRange) => {
      *   Note: src/dev/jest/config.js should be checked for any other config that we would like to pass to nyc
      */
     await exec(
-      `node -e "${mockedProcessVersion}${mockedRequire}require('./node_version_validator.js')"`,
+      `"${process.execPath}" -e "${mockedProcessVersion}${mockedRequire}require('./node_version_validator.js')"`,
       { cwd: __dirname }
     );
   } catch (ex) {
diff --git a/tasks/config/run.js b/tasks/config/run.js
index 474c6c535f13..f0e4fb7fcd66 100644
--- a/tasks/config/run.js
+++ b/tasks/config/run.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const OPENSEARCH_DASHBOARDS_INSTALL_DIR =
   `./build/oss/opensearch-dashboards-${version}-SNAPSHOT-${process.platform}-x64`;
 
 module.exports = function () {
-  const NODE = 'node';
+  const NODE = process.execPath;
   const YARN = 'yarn';
 
   return {