diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 28620213e1a..57e8e522729 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -964,8 +964,15 @@ gradle.taskGraph.whenReady(checkYarnAndNPMSuppressed)
 
 plugins.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootPlugin::class) {
     extensions.configure(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootExtension::class.java) {
+        // Node.js with canary v8 that supports recent Wasm GC changes
+        nodeVersion = "21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2"
+        nodeDownloadBaseUrl = "https://nodejs.org/download/v8-canary"
+
         npmInstallTaskProvider.configure {
             args += listOf("--network-concurrency", "1", "--mutex", "network")
+            // It's required to pass compatibility checks in some NPM packages while using Node.js with Canary v8.
+            // TODO remove as soon as we switch to release build of Node.js.
+            args += listOf("--ignore-engines")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 453da7d3790..bbcf081c7bf 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -4535,6 +4535,24 @@
             <sha256 value="eda20d37da0c6629414121dc70c639944e0cfce37f0c5351a9c3141bdb80a4ff" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.nodejs" name="node" version="21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2">
+         <artifact name="node-21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz">
+            <md5 value="fc25379a3869be58e11a6e72b9235457" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+            <sha256 value="2330f83d24a09b3d7d9a3084ba78a22012155bb915899c2f15143d26a5e9cd6c" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="node-21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2-darwin-x64.tar.gz">
+            <md5 value="6e1e5bb9f6cf84c9e2965e3dd833c42b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+            <sha256 value="a4b4377758631a6094ba8de746e59075ec8e822c99b2762f2beec2c8ef63084a" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="node-21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2-linux-x64.tar.gz">
+            <md5 value="bbb24603679dc3335e4fb913a4efaa16" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+            <sha256 value="50780deafc38dba7596d66906ec458b7d3888e7f51522935b4de7299a9cacd7e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="node-21.0.0-v8-canary202309167e82ab1fa2-win-x64.zip">
+            <md5 value="68d526036bedd71229c52ae7c730bb86" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+            <sha256 value="abb15cd73bad2a4e433da7ba40cba37da8a0fb4c45fb1f4547cb6bdcf8fa6b08" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.openjdk.jmh" name="jmh-core" version="1.21">
          <artifact name="jmh-core-1.21.jar">
             <md5 value="87fe00275cdaa76a31f73906fc8ee9d7" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/resolve-dependencies.gradle.kts b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/resolve-dependencies.gradle.kts
index 2371e0e16e0..bb6ffa7f244 100644
--- a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/resolve-dependencies.gradle.kts
+++ b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/resolve-dependencies.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import java.net.URI
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.d8.D8RootExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.nodejs.NodeJsRootExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.yarn.YarnRootExtension
 import org.spdx.sbom.gradle.SpdxSbomExtension
 
@@ -56,6 +57,24 @@ tasks.register("resolveDependencies") {
             )
         }
 
+        rootProject.extensions.findByType<NodeJsRootExtension>()?.run {
+            project.resolveDependencies(
+                "org.nodejs:node:$nodeVersion:linux-x64@tar.gz",
+                "org.nodejs:node:$nodeVersion:win-x64@zip",
+                "org.nodejs:node:$nodeVersion:darwin-x64@tar.gz",
+                "org.nodejs:node:$nodeVersion:darwin-arm64@tar.gz"
+            ) {
+                ivy {
+                    url = URI(nodeDownloadBaseUrl)
+                    patternLayout {
+                        artifact("v[revision]/[artifact](-v[revision]-[classifier]).[ext]")
+                    }
+                    metadataSources { artifact() }
+                    content { includeModule("org.nodejs", "node") }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         rootProject.extensions.findByType<YarnRootExtension>()?.run {
             project.resolveDependencies("com.yarnpkg:yarn:$version@tar.gz") {
                 ivy {
diff --git a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/setupV8.kt b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/setupV8.kt
index 34a7507cfd9..59583128fc0 100644
--- a/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/setupV8.kt
+++ b/repo/gradle-build-conventions/buildsrc-compat/src/main/kotlin/setupV8.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ private object NodeJsUtils {
 
     fun useNodeJsPlugin(project: Project) {
         nodeJsPlugin = NodeJsRootPlugin.apply(project.rootProject)
-        nodeJsPlugin.nodeVersion = project.nodejsVersion
     }
 }