diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e275dc16..f34f07f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ If you're using Ubuntu, you can install node and python runtimes using our scrip
 ./scripts/install_dependencies.sh
 ```
 
+After installing dependencies, you need to reopen the terminal and make sure that you use the specific version of nodejs. Otherwise, use the following command:
+
+```sh
+nvm use 16
+```
+
 Otherwise, the following dependencies should be installed:
 
 - python3
diff --git a/scripts/build_sc_web.sh b/scripts/build_sc_web.sh
index a13edd01..7711d0ca 100755
--- a/scripts/build_sc_web.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_sc_web.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ fi
 
 stage "Build sc-web"
 
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+
 cd "${SC_WEB_PATH}"
+NODE_MAJOR=16
+
+nvm use ${NODE_MAJOR}
 npm run build
 
 stage "SC-web built successfully"
diff --git a/scripts/install_deps_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
index 4ac7db9f..9ebaf3af 100755
--- a/scripts/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ packages=(
   python3
   python3-pip
   python3-venv
-  nodejs
 )
 
 if ! command -v apt> /dev/null 2>&1;
@@ -27,15 +26,23 @@ At the end run the following commands:
 fi
 
 sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
-sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
-
-NODE_MAJOR=16
-echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
-
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y "${packages[@]}"
 sudo apt-get autoremove
 
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+if [ ! -d "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
+  curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
+fi
+
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
+
+NODE_MAJOR=16
+
+nvm install ${NODE_MAJOR} 
+nvm use ${NODE_MAJOR} 
+
 "${SC_WEB_PATH}/scripts/install_deps_npm.sh"
 "${SC_WEB_PATH}/scripts/install_deps_python.sh"