diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a3199c5c2972..670729bb7e65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3438,7 +3438,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nixnote2 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/nixnote2 { };
 
-  nodejs = hiPrio nodejs-6_x;
+  nodejs = hiPrio nodejs-8_x;
 
   nodejs-slim = nodejs-slim-6_x;