diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c154c2aa..f1576560 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * nagios-nrpe: update check_redis_instances (same as redis role)
 * nagios-nrpe: change default haproxy socket path
 * nagios-nrpe: check_mode per cpu dynamically
+* nodejs: change default version to 12 (new LTS)
 * php: By default, allow 128M for OpCache (instead of 64M)
 * php: Don't set a chroot for the default fpm pool
 * php: Make sure the default pool we define can be fully functionnal witout debian's default pool file
diff --git a/nodejs/defaults/main.yml b/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
index bae84bfa..70c5d483 100644
--- a/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-nodejs_apt_version: 'node_8.x'
+nodejs_apt_version: 'node_12.x'
 nodejs_install_yarn: False