diff --git a/src/javascript-node-mongo/README.md b/src/javascript-node-mongo/README.md
index f75e6c5..a719bc1 100644
--- a/src/javascript-node-mongo/README.md
+++ b/src/javascript-node-mongo/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Develop applications in Node.js and Mongo DB. Includes Node.js, eslint, and yarn
 
 | Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 20-bullseye |
+| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 22-bookworm |
 
 This template references an image that was [pre-built](https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/#prebuilding) to automatically include needed devcontainer.json metadata.
 
diff --git a/src/javascript-node-postgres/README.md b/src/javascript-node-postgres/README.md
index 92926a9..b71867e 100644
--- a/src/javascript-node-postgres/README.md
+++ b/src/javascript-node-postgres/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Develop applications in Node.js and PostgreSQL. Includes Node.js, eslint, and ya
 
 | Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 20-bullseye |
+| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 22-bookworm |
 
 This template references an image that was [pre-built](https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/#prebuilding) to automatically include needed devcontainer.json metadata.
 
diff --git a/src/javascript-node/README.md b/src/javascript-node/README.md
index 3e0cc7e..7f5f564 100644
--- a/src/javascript-node/README.md
+++ b/src/javascript-node/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Develop Node.js based applications. Includes Node.js, eslint, nvm, and yarn.
 
 | Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
 |-----|-----|-----|-----|
-| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 20-bullseye |
+| imageVariant | Node.js version (use -bookworm, -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): | string | 22-bookworm |
 
 This template references an image that was [pre-built](https://containers.dev/implementors/reference/#prebuilding) to automatically include needed devcontainer.json metadata.