diff --git a/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml b/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
index 97e0d0a86..25db65166 100644
--- a/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
+++ b/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@
     builders:
       - shell:
           !include-raw:
+            - ../../../scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
             - ../../build/build
diff --git a/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml b/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
index a61bf6d19..12cf24384 100644
--- a/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
+++ b/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@
     builders:
       - shell:
           !include-raw:
+            - ../../../scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
             - ../../build/build
diff --git a/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh b/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f42236e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# install node.js
+NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION=20
+DISTRO="$(lsb_release -cs)"
+if [[ ! $(command -v node) || $(node --version | grep -oE "v([0-9])+" | cut -c 2-) < ${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION} ]]; then
+    NODEJS_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
+    NODESOURCE_PATH=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+
+    # remove the manually installed node from the system
+    sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/node
+    sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm
+    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
+    sudo rm -f ${NODESOURCE_PATH}
+
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" >/dev/null
+    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring "${NODEJS_KEYRING}" --list-keys
+
+    NODEJS_VERSION="node_${NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION}.x"
+    echo "deb [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee ${NODESOURCE_PATH}
+    echo "deb-src [signed-by=${NODEJS_KEYRING}] https://deb.nodesource.com/${NODEJS_VERSION} ${DISTRO} main" | sudo tee -a ${NODESOURCE_PATH}
+
+    sudo apt update -y
+    sudo apt install -y nodejs
+    sudo rm -f ${NODESOURCE_PATH}
+fi
+
+# print the version of node
+node --version